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Thirlwall's Law, Investment, Productive Chains and Domestic Markets

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  • Juan Alberto Vázquez Muñoz

    (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México)

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Mediante la extensión de la Ley de Thirlwall, la cual incorpora la acumulación de capital, se explican las tasas de crecimiento de China (1971-2022) y México (1961-2022). Usamos la metodología de cointegración ARDL para estimar sus funciones de demanda de importaciones. Con las estimaciones robustas calculamos sus tasas de crecimiento de largo plazo, las cuales resultaron muy parecidas a sus valores observados. Recomendamos cambiar la estrategia de industrialización mexicana a fin de generar cadenas productivas domésticas e industrias domésticas que produzcan bienes sustitutos de las importaciones para dinamizar el mercado doméstico. Una limitante de nuestro artículo es que usamos variables agregadas, pero sería necesario analizar los efectos de las exportaciones y la acumulación de capital en los subsectores industriales específicos. La originalidad radica en mostrar que el dinamismo de China de las últimas décadas está más relacionado con su dinámica acumulación de capital que con su dinámica tasa de crecimiento de las exportaciones, mientras que el regimen de bajo crecimiento de México está más relacionado con su baja acumulación de capital que con su alta tasa de crecimiento de las exportaciones.

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  • Juan Alberto Vázquez Muñoz, 2024. "Thirlwall's Law, Investment, Productive Chains and Domestic Markets," Remef - Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas Nueva Época REMEF (The Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance), Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, IMEF, vol. 19(3), pages 1-22, Julio - S.
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    • C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
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