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Competitiveness, Commercial Blocks, and Regional Growth
The paper analyses the effects of the Mercosul commercial block on export intensity of different regions in Brazil. A gravitational model is employed to explain the intensity of exports of different Brazilian regions according to destination countries, differentiating those pertaining to Mercosul.
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http://www.ersa.org/ersaconfs/ersa05/papers/783.pdf