Regional Growth in Mexico: 1970-1993

By V. Hugo Juan-Ramon, Luis Rivera-Batiz

August 1, 1996

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V. Hugo Juan-Ramon, and Luis Rivera-Batiz. Regional Growth in Mexico: 1970-1993, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1996) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

This paper finds convergence of real per capita GDP in Mexico’s states and regions during the period of higher average national per capita growth (1970-85), and divergence during the lower-growth period (1985-93). These results hold across states and regions and within regions. The poorest states and regions grew more than twice as fast as the rest during the first period and experienced absolute and relative decline during the second period. The growth performance of a poor state in relation to the group of poor states was more erratic than the growth performance of a richer state in relation to its group.

Subject: Expenditure, Public expenditure review

Keywords: Capital GDP, Convergence-divergence dichotomy, Country, GDP dispersion, GDP state, Growth rates of real, Public expenditure review, Standard deviation, WP

Publication Details

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36
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Working Paper No. 1996/092
Stock No:

WPIEA0921996
ISBN:

9781451951493
ISSN:

1018-5941

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