Spatial dimensions of trade liberalization and economic convergence : Mexico 1985-2002, Vol. 1 of 1

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

Author:	Aroca, Patricio; Bosch, Mariano; Maloney, William F. ;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3744
Country:	Mexico;	Date Stored:	2005/10/04
Document Date:	2005/10/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	Latin America & Caribbean
Report Number:	WPS3744	SubTopics:	Economic Theory & Research; Urban Governance and Management; Regional Governance; Inequality; Economic Conditions and Volatility
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: 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.


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