Keywords
manufactures
interregional growth
industrial location factors
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Abstract
Analyzes the methodology used and the evidence produced by the empirical literature on the determinants of changes in the regional pattern of manufacturing growth in Mexico in the past two decades −the dispersion of manufacturing activity over a wide part of the territory. The formal empirical studies on this topic are just a few and relatively recent ones. Notwithstanding the scant amount of studies and their different designs, it was possible to accomplish the objective of drawing reasonable inferences. For instance, market potential has been an important stimulant to industrial growth, particularly in the central region, although its relevance declines during the 1980s. In contrast, access to local markets and input sources are not important. Agglomeration economies, an influential factor in the 1970s, were no longer important in the 1980s, whereas a related factor, localization economies, became relevant. Access to export markets became decisive beginning in the mid-1980s for certain Industries, yet its impact is ambiguous for the sector as a whole. Inferences on the impact labor market and public policy factors also were drawn.
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