Free Trade Zone of Manaus: An Impact Evaluation using the Synthetic Control Method
I apply the synthetic control method to Brazilian city-level data during the twentieth century in order to evaluate the economic impact of the Free Trade Zone of Manaus (FTZM). I find that this enterprise zone had significantly positive effects on real GDP per capita and Services Total Production pe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fundação Getúlio Vargas
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Economia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402017000200217&lng=en&tlng=en |