Arbeitspapier
Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil
This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant ‘macro-institutional’ setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of political power are partly inherited from the colonial histories experienced by different areas of the country. Municipalities with origins tracing back to the sugar-cane colonial cycle – characterized by a polarized and oligarchic socioeconomic structure – display today more inequality in the distribution of endowments (land). Municipalities with origins tracing back to the gold colonial cycle – characterized by a heavily inefficient presence of the Portuguese state – display today worse governance practices and less access to justice. The colonial rent-seeking episodes are also correlated with lower provision of public goods and lower income per capita.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Texto para discussão ; No. 561
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
- Thema
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institutions
colonial heritage
rent-seeking
geography
Brazil JEL Codes: N26
Kommunalverwaltung
Rent-Seeking
Politisches System
Institutionenökonomik
Kolonialismus
Räumliche Verteilung
Brasilien
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Naritomi, Joana
Soares, Rodrigo R.
Assunção, Juliano J.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Departamento de Economia
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Rio de Janeiro
- (wann)
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2009
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Naritomi, Joana
- Soares, Rodrigo R.
- Assunção, Juliano J.
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Departamento de Economia
Entstanden
- 2009
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