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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Uncertainty and Inequality: The Case of Northeast Brazil
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis study addresses four problems. First, it identifies some of the most important variables which cause inequalities within a socioeconomic system among its economic agents and among its several regions. Second, it develops a model for the purpose of analyzing inequalities. Third, it applies the model to interpret the past and present economic situation of Northeast Brazil. Finally, it considers certain policies aimed at the elimination of inequalities between the two polar regions in Brazil, that is, the Northeast and Southeast.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Economics
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Sarmento, Osvaldo De Moraes
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8108651
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/67675