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Economic Policies and Bankruptcy Institutions: Brazil in a Period of Transition from Colony to Independent Nation

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  • Maria Teresa Ribeiro de Oliveira

    (Universidade de Brasília)

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This paper studies the legislation on bankruptcy introduced into Brazil by D.João VI (1808-1821) and shows how this legislation was used in this period as an instrument of protection for certain specific economic activities. On one hand, this work deliberately seeks to incorporate institutions into the study of Brazilian economic history, based on the assumption that the lack of interest in the role played by these institutions has hindered a better understanding of the country’s economic development during the Nineteenth Century. On the other hand, this paper introduces new material for the purpose of re-assessing the economic policies enforced in this period. In fact the study of the bankruptcy legislation suggests that one of the Government’s main concern at the time was to promote the development of activities directly related to gold and sugar exports. Therefore the general and popular acceptance of the revolutionary character of the economic policy in this period is challenged.

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  • Maria Teresa Ribeiro de Oliveira, 2006. "Economic Policies and Bankruptcy Institutions: Brazil in a Period of Transition from Colony to Independent Nation," Economia, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics], vol. 7(4), pages 99-121.
    • Handle: RePEc:anp:econom:v:7:y:2006:i:4:p:99-121
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    Keywords

    Institutions; Bankruptcy; D. João VI; Legislation;
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    • N26 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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