Using a spatial dynamic panel, the long-run industrial sector convergence rate across Mexico’s states is found to be 2%. The model is a system-General Method of Moments with correction for spatial autocorrelation and an explicit human capital input. The significant inequality between the...

In this paper, we examine economic growth in Mexican states over 1940–2015, focusing on the issue of their convergence interpreted as catching-up. A nonlinear econometric model with asymptotically decaying trends of the income gap is applied for the analysis. Particular cases of the baseline...

This work considers the Euclidean distance concept to assess the evolution of regional disparities from aggregate data, such as for example, the per capita output. The vector space concept, as a measure of inequality, presents interesting properties: it tends to zero when the distances are...

This work considers the Euclidean distance concept to assess the evolution of regional disparities from aggregate data, such as for example, the per capita output. The vector space concept, as a measure of inequality, presents interesting properties: it tends to zero when the distances are...

A standardized coefficients model to explain and assess the importance of some factors that currently are contributing to patenting level in the Mexican states is proposed. From a theoretical point of view, patenting level may be the result of several factors such as the growth of the high-tech...

Allocation of water resources between Mexico and the United States is a sensitive agenda in the lower Rio Grande, mainly in stages of hard drought. It has allowed surface water allocation practices to evolve and continue to be refined. This work applies the cointegration theory on historical...

The stochastic convergence amongst Mexican Federal entities is analyzed in panel data framework. The joint consideration of cross-section dependence and multiple structural breaks is required to ensure that the statistical inference is based on statistics with good statistical properties. Once...

Carrion-i-Silvestre J. L. and GERMAN-SOTO V. (2007) Stochastic convergence amongst Mexican states, Regional Studies 41, 531-541. The paper investigates the convergence process experienced by the Mexican states in the period 1940-2001. The analysis indicates that misleading conclusions can be...