Abstract

GUERRERO FERNANDEZ, José Antonio  and  KATO-VIDAL, Enrique Leonardo. Waiting for the Train: Territorial Productivity and the High-speed Rail Project in Mexico. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.68, pp.147-176.  Epub May 02, 2022. ISSN 2448-6183.  https://doi.org/10.22136/est20221676.

In Mexico, there is no high-speed rail service, but the transportation infrastructure is associated with economic development. This article studies the effect that a high-speed route linking Guadalajara with the Port of Veracruz would have on productivity if it existed. For this, intensive production functions were estimated, adding accessibility indices as regressors; the main source of information was economic censuses. As expected, it was found that the existence of a high-speed transport service would increase labor productivity. This evidence serves as an input to analyze the financial viability of transport projects.

Keywords : high speed rail; accessibility; productivity; territorial cohesion.

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