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Pair-Wise Approach to Test the Regional Convergence Hypothesis in Mexico

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  • Domingo Rodríguez-Benavides

    (Departamento de Sistemas, UAM-A, Mexico)

  • José Carlos Trejo García
  • Miguel à ngel Mendoza González

Abstract

This paper assesses the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita convergence of the 32 Mexican States in the period 1940-2010 through the method proposed by Pesaran (2007), which is based on the convergence stochastic criterion. One of the main advantages of this method is not only on a model of leading economy, also on a pair-wise approach that considers all possible gap pairs of per capita logarithms of all the Mexican States analyzed in the sample. According to this method, all the differences or output gaps of the States must be stationary around a constant mean. Most results provide evidence against the hypothesis of convergence especially for the total sample from 1940 to 2010 and the first period from 1940 to 1985. However, mixed evidence of this hypothesis was observed in the second period from 1986 to 2010. Additionally, the test results applied to a set of States considered as the richest suggest these findings are not due to the unique behavior of these States.

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  • Domingo Rodríguez-Benavides & José Carlos Trejo García & Miguel à ngel Mendoza González, 2016. "Pair-Wise Approach to Test the Regional Convergence Hypothesis in Mexico," Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, Lifescience Global, vol. 5, pages 59-68.
    • Handle: RePEc:lif:jrgelg:v:5:y:2016:p:59-68
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    1. Domingo Rodríguez Benavides & Miguel Ángel Mendoza González & Jose Antonio Climent Hernández, 2022. "La hipótesis de convergencia en México: un enfoque de sigma-convergencia débil," 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. 17(2), pages 1-21, Abril - J.

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    Keywords

    Unit root; Panel data models; Pair-wise test; Economic growth; Stochastic convergence;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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