Crecimiento económico en la región fronteriza de México y Estados Unidos. Una contrastación empírica de la hipótesis de convergencia.

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Published: Jul 13, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v16i31.1315

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Juan Manuel Ocegueda Hernández
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Gladys Plascencia López
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

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Este trabajo analiza el proceso de crecimiento regional en los estados fronterizos de México y Estados Unidos durante el período 1975-2000. A través de dos ejercicios, uno de convergencia beta y otro de convergencia sigma, se demuestra que no existe evidencia econométrica ni estadística de que a largo plazo se esté operando una reducción sistemática de las disparidades existentes entre estas economías, aunque tampoco de que se estén ampliando. Los datos indican que las experiencias de crecimiento en la región no han sido homogéneas y obedecen a lógicas diferentes que no son fáciles de explicar, pero donde el capital humano y la especialización económica han jugado un papel muy importante. ABSTRACTThis article analyzes the process of regional economic growth in U.S. and Mexican border states from 1975 to 2000. Beta- and sigma-convergence analyses did not reveal any econometric or statistical evidence that a systematic reduction in existing disparities between these economies is occurring. However, there is also no evidence that the disparities are increasing. The data indicate that regional growth has not been uniform, and it obeys various logics, which are not easy to explain but in which human capital and economic specialization have played an important role

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Ocegueda Hernández, J. M., & Plascencia López, G. (2017). Crecimiento económico en la región fronteriza de México y Estados Unidos. Una contrastación empírica de la hipótesis de convergencia. Frontera Norte, 16(31), 7–31. https://doi.org/10.17428/rfn.v16i31.1315
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Vol. 16 No. 31 (2004): enero-junio, 2004
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