Title: Spatial dimensions of trade liberalization and economic convergence
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.
Subjects: Economic conditions, Free trade, Regional disparities
Places: Mexico
Time periods: 1994-