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Ver términos de la licenciaValdivia López, Marcos, et al. (2010). Friction of distance, spatial autocorrelation of productivity and impact of the length of roads on the convergence dynamics in the central region of Mexico (1993-2003). Investigaciones Geográficas; No. 71. Recuperado de https://repositorio.unam.mx/contenidos/19307
Autor(es)
Valdivia López, Marcos; Ávila Sánchez, Héctor; Galindo Pérez, Carlos
Tipo
Artículo de Investigación
Área del conocimiento
Ciencias Sociales y Económicas
Título
Friction of distance, spatial autocorrelation of productivity and impact of the length of roads on the convergence dynamics in the central region of Mexico (1993-2003)
Fecha
2010-06-03
Resumen
This paper studies the spatial autocorrelation of labor productivity and economic convergence dynamics at the municipality level through the consideration of different measurements of the friction of distance. Typically, friction of distance is analyzed under a gravitational modeling perspective, but in this paper we propose that friction of distance can also be studied through spatial autocorrelation statistics such as the Moran´s index. In this research, it is postulated that the measurements of spatial dependence in economic activity depend strongly on the specific functional form that characterizes friction of distance. In order to empirically verify this idea, this research takes as study cases the central region of Mexico and the state of Morelos, and it is showed that spatial dependence of labor productivity is statistically more significant when real distance road is used between two regional units of analysis instead of Euclidian distance or contiguity distance-based criteria. Finally, the paper establishes that the economic convergence process during the period 1993-2003 was conditioned by spatial interaction effects associated to the roads that connect localities in the region. The results can be relevant for economic convergence studies because it proposes a spatial interaction criterion that responds better to the specific geographical conditions that affect the determinants of growth such as transportation costs and agglomeration economies.
Tema
Fricción de la distancia; autocorrelación espacial; convergencia regional; productividad; Friction of distance; spatial autocorrelation; regional convergence; productivity
Idioma
spa
ISSN
ISSN electrónico: 2448-7279; ISSN impreso: 0188-4611
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14350/rig.18091
