COMPLEX NETWORK ANALYSIS UNCOVERS THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE MEXICAN ECONOMY

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Martha G. Alatriste Contreras

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We use input-output tables and complex network analysis to identify changes in the production structure of the Mexican economy and uncover whether the economic system has experienced a reconfiguration. Results show changes in the structural properties of the economy. Intermediate demands were best described by the logistic distribution with changes in the estimated parameters. The number of intersectional relations increased resulting in higher densities of the production network. In general, sectors presented more and stronger connections; but manufacturing sectors behaved differently. They decreased the number of connections as input buyer and slightly increased the number of connections as input suppliers. There is evidence that manufacturing sectors were more affected in terms of the strength of the connections than the number. Finally, authority and hub scores show that a few sectors emerged as most important. Therefore, complex network analysis uncovered a reconfiguration of the Mexican economy but not a structural change.


ANÁLISIS DE REDES COMPLEJAS DESCUBRE LA RECONFIGURACIÓN DE LA ECONOMÍA MEXICANA


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Utilizamos matrices insumo-producto y aplicamos un análisis de redes complejas para identificar cambios en la estructura productiva de México y poder determinar si la economía mexicana ha experimentado una reconfiguración. Los resultados muestran que la economía ha experimentado cambios en su estructura productiva que dan evidencia de una reconfiguración. La distribución de demandas intermedias fue mejor descrita por una logística, pero su localización y escala cambiaron convirtiéndola en una distribución más plana. El número de conexiones de los sectores aumentó incrementando la densidad de la red. En general, el número de conexiones y sus fortalezas aumentaron. Sin embargo, los sectores manufactureros se comportaron diferente. Estos sectores disminuyeron su número de conexiones como compradores de insumos y ligeramente incrementaron su número de conexiones como proveedores. Existe evidencia de que se vieron más afectados en términos de la fortaleza de las conexiones que del número. Finalmente, la organización jerárquica de sectores cambió. Estos resultados dan evidencia de un proceso de desindustrialización, pero no de un cambio estructural.

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Alatriste Contreras, M. G. (2025). COMPLEX NETWORK ANALYSIS UNCOVERS THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE MEXICAN ECONOMY. Investigación Económica, 84(332), 61–83. https://doi.org/10.22201/fe.01851667p.2025.332.90934

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Martha G. Alatriste Contreras, chool of Economics of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM, Mexico)

Profesor asociado C TC, Metodos cuantitativos, Facultad de Economia UNAM

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