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Abstract
This work aims to analyze the evolution of land productivity in the Southern
region of Brazil, identifying the existence of a convergence process. In order to do that,
we measured the land productivity in 1995/96 and in 2006 and we used this variable
as dependent in a convergence model. Subsequently, we estimated a convergence model
using spatial econometrics. As a result, we confirmed the convergence process hypothesis
(absolute and conditional) in the Southern region of Brazil.