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Spatial dimensions of trade liberalization and economic convergence : Mexico 1985-2002

Authors :
Patricio Aroca
Mariano Bosch
William F. Maloney
Source :
Spatial Dimensions Of Trade Liberalization And Economic Convergence : Mexico 1985-2002
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

This article employs established techniques from the spatial economics literature to identify regional patterns of income and growth in Mexico and to examine how they have changed over the period spanned by trade liberalization and how they may be linked to the income divergence observed following liberalization. The article first shows that divergence has emerged in the form of several income clusters that only partially correspond to traditional geographic regions. Next, when regions are defined by spatial correlation in incomes, a south clearly exists, but the north seems to be restricted to the states directly on the United States (U.S.) border and there is no center region. Overall, the principal dynamic of both the increased spatial dependency and the increased divergence lies not on the border but in the sustained underperformance of the southern states, starting before the North American free-trade agreement, and to a lesser extent in the superior performance of an emerging convergence club in the north-center of the country.

Subjects

Subjects :
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
WEALTH
ECONOMICS LITERATURE
Returns to scale
AGRICULTURE
CITIES
FREE TRADE
GROWTH RATES
POPULATION GROWTH RATES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
INCOME DATA
ECONOMIC REVIEW
GDP
SERIES ECONOMETRICS
EXTERNALITIES
POOR COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Economics
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
Economic geography
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
POPULATION GROWTH
Free trade
CONSOLIDATION
EXPORTS
INCOME
REGIONAL INEQUALITY
FACTOR ENDOWMENTS
ECONOMETRICS
Convergence (economics)
AVERAGE INCOME
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
NEGATIVE CORRELATION
BETWEEN-GROUP INEQUALITY
LINEAR RELATIONSHIP
NEGATIVE GROWTH
PER CAPITA INCOME
DIFFERENCES IN INCOME
HUMAN CAPITAL
RELATIVE INCOME
SPATIAL ECONOMICS
INCOME QUINTILES
Macroeconomics
Economics and Econometrics
AVERAGE INCOMES
CONVERGENCE TEST
INCOME LEVEL
EXPLANATORY POWER
UNION
ECONOMIC POLICY
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Development
LIMITED
POLICY RESEARCH
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
Trade agreement
NATURAL ENDOWMENTS
GROWTH PROCESS
WAGES
Income distribution
RELATIVE INCOMES
Accounting
INCOME CONVERGENCE
Population growth
NATIONAL INCOME
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA
LABOR MARKET
TRADE AGREEMENT
FOREIGN FIRMS
INCREASING RETURNS
GDP PER CAPITA
OIL PRODUCTION
DEBT
NATURAL RESOURCES
Location theory
INCOME LEVELS
MEAN INCOME
REGIONAL LEVEL
Economic Theory&Research,Urban Governance and Management,Regional Governance,Inequality,Economic Conditions and Volatility
EX POST
Spatial ecology
PER CAPITA INCOMES
INEQUALITY
REGIONAL GROWTH
HIGH GROWTH
RELATIVE POSITION
GROUP INEQUALITY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Finance
AVERAGE PERFORMANCE

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Spatial Dimensions Of Trade Liberalization And Economic Convergence : Mexico 1985-2002
Accession number :
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