Evolution of the Productive Capabilities of Mexico: Economic Complexity Analysis for the Development of Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

Fernando Gómez-Zaldívar and Edmundo Molina-Perez

The International Trade Journal, 2021, vol. 35, issue 1, 4-18

Abstract: This article aims to identify the capabilities that can enhance structural change at the state level in Mexico. Specifically, we analyze the evolution of the productive capabilities from 1999 to 2014 in the five less developed southern states where the federal government wants to generate development poles. Using the economic complexity methodology and estimating the network of relatedness, our findings indicate that these states have been specialized in non-complex capabilities, and that states specialized in capabilities with greater betweenness centrality tend to have greater diversification. Finally, we identify the manufacturing capabilities with the greatest potential to trigger structural change.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/08853908.2020.1851328

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