De-industrialization and foreign trade: recent evidences to Brazil.

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Published: Jul 1, 2013
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Early de-industrialization manufacturing sector Brazilian economy

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André Moreira Cunha
Professor do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul-UFRGS e Pesquisador do CNPq.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3746-5974
Marcos Tadeu Caputi Lelis
Professor da Unisinos e Coordenador da Unidade de Inteligência Comercial e Competitiva da APEX-Brasil.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7465-8049
Flavio Benevett Fligenspan
Professor do Departamento de Economia da UFRGS.

Abstract

This paper analyses the behavior of the Brazilian manufacturing sector during the 2000´s. We test the hypothesis of early de-industrialization induced by foreign trade. Our results show a mixed picture: although we showed signs of early de-industrialization induced by foreign trade, at the same time, we found evidence that Brazilian entrepreneurs have reduced manufacturing exports during internal market boom between 2004 and 2010. This fact determines the deterioration of trade balance of the manufacturing sector and justifies worries on long-term perspectives for Brazilian economy. 


JEL Classification: O14; F43.

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Moreira Cunha, André, Marcos Tadeu Caputi Lelis, and Flavio Benevett Fligenspan. 2013. “De-Industrialization and Foreign Trade: Recent Evidences to Brazil”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 33 (3):463-85. https://periodicos.fgv.br/bjpe/article/view/95442.
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Vol. 33 No. 3 (2013): Jul-Sep / 2013
Section
Review