Distorsiones regionales en la asignación de recursos y productividad de las manufacturas en México.

Pedro J. Martínez Alanis

doi:10.24201/ee.v27i1.96

53-vol. 27, no. 1, january-june, 2012

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Regional distortions in resources allocation and manufactures productivity in Mexico

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Pedro J. Martínez Alanis

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Pedro J. Martínez Alanis
El Colegio de México

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v27i1.96

Published 2012-01-01

Keywords

non-aggregative growth theory,
resource misallocation,
total factor productivity,
regional development

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Martínez Alanis, P. J. (2012). Regional distortions in resources allocation and manufactures productivity in Mexico. Estudios Económicos De El Colegio De México, 27(1), 3–59. https://doi.org/10.24201/ee.v27i1.96

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Abstract

This paper decomposes the regional effects of resource misallocation on aggregate total factor productivity (TFP), as a variant of the Hsieh and Klenow (2009a) model. Using establishment level data from the 2004 Mexican Economic Census, I calculate the potential regional TFP gains in Manufacturing. The results suggest that: (i) capital misallocation is the primary source of regional misallocation in the sector; and (ii) resource misallocation within regions is the most important component in manufacturing TFP gains.