Abstract

ASUAD SANEN, Normand Eduardo; QUINTANA ROMERO, Luis  and  RAMIREZ HERNANDEZ, Roberto. Convergencia espacial y concentración regional agrícola en México 1970-2003. Prob. Des [online]. 2007, vol.38, n.149, pp.79-111. ISSN 0301-7036.

The study proposes to analyze the relation between the traditional and spatial convergence of incomes and the regional concentration of farming production in Mexico, emphasizing the effects promoted by a changing model of development and management through the liberalization and privatization of the economy arising from the country's membership of NAFTA and a comparison with the period 1970-2004. The farm regions are identified and defined, applying econometric measurement based on the hypothesis of traditional and spatial convergence and economic concentration in geographical space. The results confirm a trend towards income disparity in those regions and the role of economic concentration as a determinant in their performance, associated with the Mexican economy's aperture policy.

Keywords : Traditional convergence; spatial convergence; spatial economic concentration; farm regionalization; spatial econometrics.