Socio-economic development, transportation infrastructure and innovation: a spatial econometric study of the spillover effects in the brazilian states

Author(s)

Herick Fernando Moralles

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD)
• Defense date: 2012-11-13

Examining board members

Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto; Marcelo Seido Nagano; Edemilson Nogueira; Alexandre Sartoris Neto; Ana Lúcia Vitale Torkomian

• Advisor: Daisy Aparecida do Nascimento Rebelatto

Abstract

Over the past decades, an increasing number of researchers have argued that simple indices such as GDP growth and exports are insufficient to describe the welfare of a country. However, in spite of recent studies add variables such as income inequality, infrastructure and technological innovation to the analysis, most authors fail to consider spatial aspects, as is the neighborhood effects for government strategies on infrastructure and socio-economic development. Accordingly, the present work aims to examine the relationship between economic growth, capital investment in public transport infrastructure, spending on technological innovation, and socio-economic development in the Brazilian federal states and their spillover effects, using spatial econometrics techniques. The main results show the road infrastructure as the biggest promoter of positive spillovers for growth and development. As for innovation, results indicated negative spillovers, both for growth and for development, being significant only for development. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/18837-6 - Socio-economic development, transportation infrastructure and innovation: a spatial econometric study of the spillover effects in the Brazilian states
• Grantee: Herick Fernando Moralles
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate