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T1 Spatial concentration in Latin America and the role of institutions
A1 Aroca, Patricio
A1 Atienza Ubeda, Miguel
K1 Spatial concentration
K1 Latin America
K1 Spatially blind policies
K1 Institutions
K1 Concentración especial
K1 América Latina
K1 Políticas espaciales ciegas
K1 Instituciones
K1 Economía
K1 Economics
K1 Geografía
K1 Geography
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
AB Spatial concentration in Latin America, especially in the southerncone, reaches high levels in all dimensions. Despite significant economic growth in the last two decades, trade openness, the return to democratic regimes and reductions in the Gini coefficients the primacy indexes of most Latin American countries remain relatively constant and among the highest in the world. This situationchallenges most regional and urban economics theories that predict a reduction in spatial concentration as development proceeds, after an initial period of concentration. Furthermore, Latin American countries could be trapped in processes of agglomeration without growth. The objective of this article is twofold: first, we describe some characteristics of spatial concentration and its persistence in LatinAmerica with special emphasis in the case of Chile; and second, we propose future research lines related to the need of rebalancing Latin American spatial economies focusing on the importance of institutions as an explanation of the persistence of spatial concentration.
PB Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (AECR)
SN 2340-2717
YR 2016
FD 2016-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/28163
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/28163
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024