Instituciones y Cambio Economico: El Caso de Baja California

Ramirez-Urquidy, Martin and Mungaray, Ana Barbara (2003): Instituciones y Cambio Economico: El Caso de Baja California. Published in: Frontera Norte , Vol. 16, No. 32 (July 2004): pp. 63-89.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the economic changes and the changes in some welfare indicators associated to the political alternation and to a changing institutional framework in the Mexican state of Baja California. The paper uses the institutional approach to economic development under the hypothesis that the political alternation and the institutional transformations associated to it have not modified significantly the economic and development patterns of the state. The authors estimate and analyze value added functions and analyze some features of the institutional change and important welfare indicators. The paper finds evidence favoring the hypothesis, which brings interesting implications at the Federal level with a president of a different party in office.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Additional Information: This work refers to a state of Mexico, which has experienced political alternation much earlier than the country. The result may have some implications for the country, as well as, for other countries which have deepen democratic efforts.
• Institution: Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Institutions; democracy; political alternation; development; economic change
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements: Legal, Social, Economic, and Political

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