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Neighborhood Effect on Agricultural Activity: A Measure of the Productivity and Occupation of the Amazon


Marina Paez


Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) - Department of Macroeconomics

Ajax R. Moreira


Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) - Directory of Macroeconomic Policy & Studies (DIMAC)
September 2002

IPEA Discussion Paper No. 907

Abstract:     
The neighborhood effect was used to analyze two problems of farm activity in Brazil. The first estimate a measure of total factor productivity for 550 homogeneous microregion, that is defined as a latent variable with the spatial trend propriety. The second analyze the occupation process in the Legal Amazon countries, with a model that uses the temporal and spatial iterations to represent the occupation process.

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Number of Pages in PDF File: 38

Keywords: Spatial econometrics, Bayesian statistics, neighborhood effect on agricultural activity, dynamic models, Amazon occupation

JEL Classification: C21

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Date posted: November 5, 2002  

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Paez, Marina and Moreira, Ajax R., Neighborhood Effect on Agricultural Activity: A Measure of the Productivity and Occupation of the Amazon (September 2002). IPEA Discussion Paper No. 907. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=341143 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.341143

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Marina Paez (Contact Author)
Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) - Department of Macroeconomics ( email )
SBS Ed. BNDES Quadra 1
7o. andar
Brasilia DF 7000-010
Brazil
+ 55 21 3804 8000 (Phone)
+ 55 21 2240 1920 (Fax)
Ajax R. Moreira
Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) - Directory of Macroeconomic Policy & Studies (DIMAC) ( email )
Av. Presidente Antonio Carlos 51
10 Andar Centro
Rio de Janeiro RJ 20020-010
Brazil
+55 21 3804 8000 (Phone)
+55 21 2240 1920 (Fax)
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