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Local Economic Impacts of Hydroelectric Power Plants: Evidence from Brazil.

This paper evaluates the short- and medium-run effects of large hydroelectric power plant (HPP) construction on the economic development of Brazilian municipalities. Using the synthetic control method, we estimate the effects for 82 municipalities affected by HPP construction between 2002 and 2011....

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Published in:Economía Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 105 - 124
Main Authors: Costa, Francisco, Szerman, Dimitri, Assunção, Juliano
Format: Article
Published: London School of Economics & Political Science 2025
Subjects:
Brazil
Economic development
Regional development
Economic expansion
Cities & towns
Hydroelectric power plants
Construction projects
Causal inference
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