Taxation and the stagnation of cotton exports in Brazil, 1800-60 dagger

PEREIRA, T. H. A. L. E. S. Z. A. M. B. E. R. L. A. N.

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Taxation and the stagnation of cotton exports in Brazil, 1800-60 dagger

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Author(s):	PEREIRA, T. H. A. L. E. S. Z. A. M. B. E. R. L. A. N. ^[1] Total Authors: 1
Affiliation:	^[1] Getulio Vargas Fdn, Sao Paulo Sch Econ, Sao Paulo - Brazil Total Affiliations: 1
Document type:	Journal article
Source:	ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW; v. 74, n. 2 JAN 2021.
Web of Science Citations:	0
Abstract
Brazil's northern region supplied 40 per cent of the cotton imported into Liverpool during the last decade of the eighteenth century. In the following decades, however, cotton exports stagnated, and Brazil became the only major international cotton producer that decreased its exports to European countries. This article shows that the fiscal policies of Brazil's central government had a significant role on the decline of cotton exports. The central government set export taxes to maximize revenue from higher-quality long-staple cotton, decreasing the profitability of short staples, which saw the largest increase in demand during the nineteenth century. (AU)

FAPESP's process:	14/04151-6 - Cotton and international trade in Brazil during the Industrial Revolution
Grantee:	Thales Augusto Zamberlan Pereira
Support Opportunities:	Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate

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