NAFTA’s Impact on Mexico’s Regional Development

Patricio Aroca, Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Viña del Mar, Chile, and Visiting Associate Professor, University of Illinois, earned his B.S. in business (1983) from the Universidad Austral (Chile), M.A. in economics (1987) from Universidad de Chile, M.Sc. in Policy Economics (1994), and a Ph.D. in economics (1995) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is specialized in econometrics, natural resources and regional economics, and more specifically works with Input-Output analysis, Spatial Econometrics, Regional Growth and Labor Interregional Migration. He was principal investigator of the research nucleus “Regional Science & Public Policy” of the Chilean Millennium Scientific Initiative and founder of IDEAR and CEPR. In addition, his publication in international journals and books; he has consulted for the World Bank, UNCTAD, IADB and CELADE-ECLAC. He was President of RSAmericas and PRSCO and currently is member of the board of RSAI (Regional Science Association International).

Adrián de León Arias Research Professor at University of Guadalajara (Mexico)-CUCEA, Business School. Membership in “Sistema Nacional de Investigadores” equivalent to (U.S. National Science Foundation and during 2019 Senior Research Scholar at ILAS, Columbia University (New York). He earned his Bachelor's degree in economics, University of Guadalajara. 1982 and PhD in Economics, University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA). 1999. His research contributions are in the fields of regional economic development, Mexican economic growth, Evolutionary economic growth, Us-Mexican economic relations. 

As research consultant he has recently collaborated with OECD, Consortium ConTex (UT System and CONACYT Collaborative Research Grants Program), as well as ILAS, Columbia University.