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Export Specialization and Regional Growth: The Chilean and Colombian Cases

In: Regional Problems and Policies in Latin America

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  • Miguel A. Márquez

    (University of Extremadura)

  • M. Teresa Fernández

    (University of Extremadura)

  • Julián Ramajo

    (University of Extremadura)

Abstract

Unequal regional development is a feature of most Latin American countries [LAC] (see Cuadrado-Roura and González-Catalán 2013). As the spatial agglomeration of economic activity has become an important determinant of a country’s economic growth pattern (Puga and Venables 1999), much of the existing empirical research in Latin American has been focused primarily on the relationship between regional inequality and development (see, for example, Aroca and Hewings 2002). Nevertheless, although authors like Venables (2005) stress the theoretical root for the relationship between exports and spatial development, studies which examine regional exports as determinant of regional inequalities are less frequent. While different theoretical models make different predictions with respect to the impact of regional exports on regional growth differentials, the empirical evidence on the relationship between regional export diversity (that is, less specialization) and regional growth have only recently begun to be measured.

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  • Miguel A. Márquez & M. Teresa Fernández & Julián Ramajo, 2013. "Export Specialization and Regional Growth: The Chilean and Colombian Cases," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura & Patricio Aroca (ed.), Regional Problems and Policies in Latin America, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 523-551, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-39674-8_23
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39674-8_23
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