Spatial Dimensions of Trade Liberalization and Economic Convergence: Mexico 1985--2002Patricio Aroca (), Mariano Bosch and William F. Maloney () World Bank Economic Review, 2005, vol. 19, issue 3, pages 345-378 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 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. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press. Date: 2005 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:oup:wbecrv:v:19:y:2005:i:3:p:345-378 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article World Bank Economic Review is edited by Jaime de Melo More articles in World Bank Economic Review from Oxford University Press |
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