Transportation Cost, Agricultural Production and Cropland Expansion in Brazil: A Multi-scale Analysis

Zhan Wang1, Geraldo B Martha Jr.2, Jing LIU3, Cicero de Lima4 and Thomas W Hertel1, (1)Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (2)EMBRAPA Brazilian Agricultural Research Corportation, Campinas, Brazil, (3)Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States, (4)Sao Paulo School of Economics, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Center for Global Trade and Investment Studies (CCGI)., Sao Paulo, Brazil