Measurement of Economic Activity in the Main Beach Tourist Areas in Mexico through the Nightlights Photographed from Space

Sandoval Bustos Maritza, Rangel González Erick and Irving Llamosas-Rosas

No 2018-10, Working Papers from Banco de México

Abstract: Based on satellite photos of night light from NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, and using the methodology proposed by Henderson, Storeygard and Weil (2012), this paper measures the economic growth of the main 15 beach tourist areas in Mexico for the period from 1993 to 2017. This methodology opens a new series of opportunities to measure economic activity, by providing new tools for measurement at the regional level, regardless of administrative boundaries.

Keywords: GDP; lights; satellites; touristics zones (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E01 E23 O11 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-07
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