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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Main Author: Vítor Possebom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas
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