Publication: Industrial development under institutional frailty: the development of the Mexican textile industry in the nineteenth century
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1999
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Marcial Pons : Centro de Estudios Constitucionales
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La industria textil moderna apareció en México tempranamente y creció
de forma continua a lo largo del siglo XIX. Sin embargo, esto no se tradujo
en un proceso de industrialización exitoso como resultado de altos costos
de transporte y fragilidad institucional: concepto que incluye la incertidumbre,
la debilidad y la fragmentación institucionales. La fragilidad institucional generó
una política arancelaría capturada que otorgaba bajos niveles de protección
efectiva a la industria, un mercado financiero atrasado que limitó los recursos
disponibles al crecimiento industrial, y un crecimiento en los costos de transporte
debido a las alcabalas. Los altos costos de transporte fragmentaron el
mercado nacional y como resultado generaron una industria geográficamente
dispersa.
Modern texture manufacture appeared early in México and grew continuously through the 19th century. Yet, it did not transíate into a successful industrialization process as a result of naturally endowed high transportation costs and institutional frailty: a concept that encompasses institutional uncertainty, weakness and fragmentation. Institutional frailty generated a captured tariff policy that gave low effective protection to the industry, a backward financial market that limited resources available for industrial growth, and increased transportation costs through inter-state tariff barriers. High transportation costs fragmented the national market and as a result, the textile industry grew geographically dispersed.
Modern texture manufacture appeared early in México and grew continuously through the 19th century. Yet, it did not transíate into a successful industrialization process as a result of naturally endowed high transportation costs and institutional frailty: a concept that encompasses institutional uncertainty, weakness and fragmentation. Institutional frailty generated a captured tariff policy that gave low effective protection to the industry, a backward financial market that limited resources available for industrial growth, and increased transportation costs through inter-state tariff barriers. High transportation costs fragmented the national market and as a result, the textile industry grew geographically dispersed.
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La Historia Económica en Latinoamérica. Edición a cargo de Pablo Martín Aceña, Adolfo Meisel, Carlos Newland.
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Revista de Historia Económica Año XVII 1999 Especial pp. 191--224