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<journal-id>0120-2596</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Lecturas de Economía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Lect. Econ.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-2596</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Antioquia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-25962022000200255</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17533/udea.le.n97a347123</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[On the Evolution of Manufacturing Production Concentration in Mexican States and its Relationship to Their Level of Economic Complexity]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Sobre la evolución de la concentración de la producción manufacturera en los estados mexicanos y su relación con su nivel de complejidad económica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="fr"><![CDATA[Sur l&#8217;évolution de la concentration de la production manufacturière dans les états mexicains et sa relation avec leur niveau de complexité économique]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez-Zaldívar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duran]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J. Alejandra]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carrillo-Botello]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jaime]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guanajuato Departmento de Economía y Finanzas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guanajuato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guanajuato Departamento de Economía y Finanzas, Guanajuato ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guanajuato Departamento de Economía y Finanzas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guanajuato ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>97</numero>
<fpage>255</fpage>
<lpage>290</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-25962022000200255&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-25962022000200255&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-25962022000200255&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: We identify a link between the evolution of the concentration of manufacturing production among Mexican states and their level of economic complexity. Our results suggest that the concentration of manufacturing production among the country&#8217;s states evolved according to the predictions of standard models of international trade. However, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) had a particular effect on each individual state, depending on its economic structure. More complex states, i.e., those more productively diverse and specialized in more sophisticated manufacturing goods, experienced a higher increase in their level of production concentration after NAFTA and were less affected by competition from Chinese exports to the U.S. In contrast, NAFTA had a less significant impact on the production concentration of less complex states, while competition from China halted their move towards greater specialization and even reversed it somewhat. These findings highlight the important role of international trade in shaping the development of the economic structure of Mexican states in the period under analysis.  JEL Classification: F15, L60, R11, R12.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En este artículo se identifica un vínculo entre la concentración de la evolución de la producción manufacturera y el nivel de complejidad económica de los estados mexicanos. Los resultados sugieren que la concentración de la producción manufacturera de los estados del país evolucionó acorde con las predicciones de los modelos de comercio internacional. Sin embargo, el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) tuvo un efecto particular sobre los estados, dependiendo de su estructura económica. Los estados más complejos, - por ejemplo, aquellos con mayor diversidad productiva y especializados en bienes manufacturados más sofisticados- experimentaron un mayor aumento en su nivel de concentración de producción después del TLCAN y se vieron menos afectados por la competencia de las exportaciones chinas a los EE. UU. Por el contrario, el TLCAN tuvo un impacto menos significativo en la concentración de la producción de los estados menos complejos, en tanto, la competencia de China detuvo su avance hacia una mayor especialización e incluso lo revirtió un poco. Estos hallazgos destacan el importante papel del comercio internacional en la configuración del desarrollo de la estructura económica de los estados mexicanos en el período bajo análisis.  JEL Classification: F15, L60, R11, R12.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="fr"><p><![CDATA[Résumé: Cet article établit un lien entre la concentration de l&#8217;évolution de la production manufacturière et le niveau de complexité économique des états du Mexique. Les résultats suggèrent que la concentration de la production manufacturière des états mexicains a évolué conformément aux prédictions des modèles de commerce international. Toutefois, l&#8217;Accord de Libre-Échange Nordaméricain (ALENA) a eu un effet particulier sur les états mexicains, en fonction de leur structure économique. Les états plus complexes - par exemple, ceux dont la diversité productive est plus grande et qui se sont spécialisés dans des produits manufacturés plus sophistiqués - ont connu une plus grande augmentation de leur niveau de concentration de production après la signature de l&#8217;Accord. En même temps, ces états ont été moins affectés par la concurrence des exportations chinoises vers les États-Unis. En revanche, l&#8217;Accord a eu un impact moins important sur la concentration de la production dans les états le moins complexes, tandis que la concurrence chinoise a stoppé leur évolution vers une plus grande spécialisation et l&#8217;a même légèrement diminuée. Ces résultats soulignent le rôle important du commerce international dans le développement de la structure économique des états mexicains au cours de la période analysée.  JEL Classification: F15, L60, R11, R12.]]></p></abstract>
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