Regional development and complementarity between regions: An analysis of the Brazilian interstate trade matrix in the years 2008 and 2011

• Autor(a) principal: Lourenço, André Luis Cabral de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Santos, Joelson Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Redes (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://online.unisc.br/seer/index.php/redes/article/view/14260
• topic: Regional Development. Regional Complementarity. Interstate Trade. National Integration.; Desarrollo Regional. Complementariedad Regional. Comercio Interestatal. Integración Nacional.; Desenvolvimento Regional. Complementaridade Regional. Comércio Interestadual. Integração Nacional.

Despite the finding that development is an irregular process and enhances more dynamic areas and/ or regions, some theorists of the so-called unbalanced development draw attention to the issue of complementarity between regions by pointing out that the larger the links of a structure and, consequently, greater the complementarity between activities and regions higher the level of their development tends to be. From this perspective and the hypothesis that greater trade integration between states is positively related to higher income levels, this paper aims to analyze the interstate trade flows to the country, by observing the trade relations inherent to the state itself, as well as the relations concerning the others in the years 2008 and 2011. The information for constructing the analyzes comes from the interstate input-output matrices (MIPs) of Guilhoto et al. (2010) and Haddad, Gonçalves Júnior and Nascimento (2018), which consist, respectively, in the estimation of input-output matrices for the twenty-six Brazilian states and the Federal District in the years 2008 and 2011. From the analysis undertaken, the regional concentration structure of the Brazilian interstate commerce has not changed significantly since 1985. These results highlight the concentrating role of trade flows, polarized by São Paulo, which has a strong influence on the Brazilian spatial and economic structure. Therefore, given the still concentrating character of trade flows, it is necessary the action of public policies that contribute to the better integration of the national market.