 Cambios en el patrón de especialización regional. Viejas ventajas comparativas y nuevas economías de escalaMaría Terra and Marcel Vaillant No 894, Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) from Department of Economics - dECON Abstract: This paper analysis new hypothesis about the effects off regional integration on the MERCOSUR countries. From characterizing the initial patterns of specialization, it discusses the relevance of centre-periphery agglomeration hypothesis. It argues that the economic integration could increase the specialization from comparative advantages but, when there are economies of scale, also could produce a relocalization in the geographic economic activity. The existence of economies of scale and transport cost imply that the relative market's size is relevant to determine the specialization. The geographic regions, that's to say economic space naturally integrate with low transport costs, turn up an significative category to stdy specialization issues. Uruguay, as an interior border of MERCOSUR, faces an privileged geography which could be its main advantage in the process of integration. This advantage appears, in the demand side and in the supply side, because its population can improve their utility for increase on consume variety, or through improving its efficiency for specialization. JEL-codes: F12 F15 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ude:wpaper:0894 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) from Department of Economics - dECON Contact information at EDIRC. |
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