Fundamentos econômicos da ocupação e povoamento de Minas Gerais

Costa, Iraci del Nero da

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“…Because of their widespread use, in 1711 the Portuguese crown forbid the entrance of priests without explicit authorization and the establishment of religious orders in the state of Minas Gerais (see Boxer, 2000, p.76). For a description of the relationship between miners and the Portuguese state, see Costa (1982b). 12 The minimum amount required for taxes raised as one-fifth of production was roughly 1.5 tons of gold.…”

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Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil

2009

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Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil *This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro-institutional' setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of political power are partly inherited from the colonial histories experienced by different areas of the country. Municipalities with origins tracing back to the sugar-cane colonial cycle -characterized by a polarized and oligarchic socioeconomic structure -display today more inequality in the distribution of endowments (land). Municipalities with origins tracing back to the gold colonial cycle -characterized by a heavily inefficient presence of the Portuguese state -display today worse governance practices and less access to justice. The colonial rent-seeking episodes are also correlated with lower provision of public goods and lower income per capita.

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2009

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“…These images were used by the various religious orders active in the area to smuggle powder gold out of the colony. In reality, because of the widespread use of 'hollow-saints,' in 1711 the Portuguese crown forbid the entrance of priests without explicit authorization and the establishment of religious orders in the state of Minas Gerais (Boxer, 2000, p.76; for a general description of the relation between the miners and the Portuguese state, see Costa, 1982b).…”

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Rent Seeking and the Unveiling of 'De Facto' Institutions: Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil

Naritomi

Soares

Assunção

2007

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This paper analyzes the roots of variation in de facto institutions, within a constant de jure institutional setting. We explore the role of rent-seeking episodes in colonial Brazil as determinants of the quality of current local institutions, and argue that this variation reveals a de facto dimension of institutional quality. We show that municipalities with origins tracing back to the sugar-cane colonial cycle-characterized by a polarized and oligarchic socioeconomic structure-display today more inequality in the distribution of land. Municipalities with origins tracing back to the gold colonial cycle-characterized by an over-bureaucratic and heavily intervening presence of the Portuguese state-display today worse governance practices and less access to justice. The colonial rent-seeking episodes are also correlated with lower provision of public goods and lower income per capita today, and the latter correlation seems to work partly through worse institutional quality at the local level.

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Fundamentos econômicos da ocupação e povoamento de Minas Gerais

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Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil

Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil

Rent Seeking and the Unveiling of 'De Facto' Institutions: Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil

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