Spatial dimensions of trade liberalization and economic convergence
Subtitle: Mexico 1985-2002
By: Patricio Aroca, Mariano Bosch, William F. Maloney, Research working paper Collection Title:Policy.
Contributors: Bosch, Mariano.; World Bank.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 3744; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 3744.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Free trade -- Mexico.; Mexico -- Economic conditions -- 1994- -- Regional disparities.
Description: "This paper studies the spatial dimension of growth in Mexico over the past three decades.  The literature on regional economic growth shows a decrease in regional dispersion from 1970 to 1985, and a sharp increase afterward coinciding with the trade liberalization of the Mexican economy.  Using spatial econometric, tools the authors analyze how the process of convergence/divergence has mapped spatially and whether it makes sense to talk about spatial regions in Mexico.  Although the rich North-poor South dichotomy has dominated this phenomenon, interesting patterns emerge.  Namely the distribution of growth after Mexico's post-liberalization seems to be much less associated with distance to the United States than the authors had initially expected. "--World Bank web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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