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This study examines the regional divide for Mexican manufacturing. Mexico's north-south disparity is widely noted, but …
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the country. Our results suggest that the economic structure and productivity of southern Mexico is considerably different …
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the country. Our results suggest that the economic structure and productivity of southern Mexico is considerably different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069065
the country. Our results suggest that the economic structure and productivity of southern Mexico is considerably different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158609
This paper applies a stochastic frontier approach to analyze the evolution of technical efficiency in manufacturing as a source of regional growth, taking as a unit of analysis the Mexican states in the period 1988-2008. The main findings of our analysis are threefold. First, technical...
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the country. Our results suggest that the economic structure and productivity of southern Mexico is considerably different … that 'islands of excellence' prevail in otherwise highly inefficient and lagging states. -- Mexico ; manufacturing …
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This paper explains the results of a research project, concerning Mexican peasants during the last two decades. Undoubtedly, the peasant has been a sector of rural environment that deserves major attention, because it has undergone hurried and dramatic economic, political and social decline in...
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rate, and the adult literacy rate across states in Mexico between 1994 and 2000. It analyzes the hypothesis of convergence …
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longitudinal plant-level data covering all of Mexico from 2005–2010, and using an instrumental variable strategy that exploits … plausibly exogenous spatiotemporal variation in the homicide rate during the outbreak of drug-trade related violence in Mexico … violence has significant distortive effects on domestic industrial development in Mexico and shed light on the characteristics …
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Based on a survey of Mexican firms, this paper provides evidence of the positive effect of bank credit on firms' productivity. This effect is larger for those firms with access to bank credit and investment opportunities than for firms that only have either investment perspectives or bank...
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