| Sumario: | This article seeks to analyze the impact of urbanization on economic growth in Mexico, using modern econometric methods. The results obtained suggest that there is a stable, long-term positive relationship between the product, investment and the urbanization index. This suggests that investment and urbanization have contributed to the rate of economic growth in Mexico. In this respect, the country’s rapid urbanization in the 20th century had a positive effect on the economic growth rate. One should, however, recall that the characteristics of urbanization in Mexico have translated into a high level of economic concentration, particularly in the Mexico City Metropolitan Zone, with growing costs for long-term economic growth. This is reflected in the decentralization of megalopolises to conurbations during the 1980’s which has stabilized somewhat in recent years.
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