Distribuição geográfica de infraestrutura no Brasil

Abstract

The government participation in the economy is far from being a consensus in the economic literature. The intervention of the State through its fiscal policy should dose, in most cases, a trade-off between the positive externalities generated by public spending and the negative effects on the product due to restrictions imposed on economic agents, characterized by a distorted tax, corruption and even inefficient allocation of these expenses. However, analyzing the influence of fiscal policy on economic growth, several studies in the economic literature suggest a positive relationship between them, especially if these are government spending on infrastructure. The infrastructure spending has a peculiar nature among all other government spending: usually they do not rival with the private sector and in some cases increase their productivity. The objective of this work is to qualify and map the infrastructure of the Brazilian states and, with this, make a relation with the Gross Domestic Product of each state. Thus, through this study, we seek to show the productive role of infrastructure in the composition of the products of states, corroborating with studies that show a positive relationship between public infrastructure spending and economic growth. We can also identify disparities and deficiencies in some states and thus provide information for the decision-making of the formulators of fiscal policy, especially regarding the quality of public spending and the tax burden.