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The Economics of Mexico · Book 6

Where to Go in Mexico

The People, the Market, the Money, the Risks and the Rules for Those Coming from Abroad

J Rutan Flores

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For the decision about where: all 32 states compared once on customers, people, security, power, water, land, logistics and incentives, then seven corridors and the call between the North, the Bajío and the South.

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Also in Spanish, as a book of its own, written for the Mexican reader: Dónde ubicarse en México.

Contents

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  1. Part I. How to Choose
    1. Chapter 1. Why Place Decides the Outcome
    2. Chapter 2. The Method
  2. Part II. The Measurements, All 32 Compared Once
    1. Chapter 3. Customers and Clusters
    2. Chapter 4. People: Is the Labor Pool Already Spoken For?
    3. Chapter 5. Security, Measured: The Plant, the Route, the Worker
    4. Chapter 6. Power: The Binding Constraint?
    5. Chapter 7. Water
    6. Chapter 8. Buildings and Land
    7. Chapter 9. Moving Goods
    8. Chapter 10. Governments and Incentives
    9. Chapter 11. Climate and Natural Hazard
    10. Chapter 12. The Landed Cost and Time to Production, State by State
  3. Part III. Seven Corridors and the Three-Way Call
    1. Chapter 13. The Texas-Facing North
    2. Chapter 14. The Pacific Border
    3. Chapter 15. The Bajío and Center-North
    4. Chapter 16. The Center
    5. Chapter 17. The West
    6. Chapter 18. The Gulf and the Isthmus
    7. Chapter 19. The Peninsula
    8. Chapter 20. The Deep South: Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas
    9. Chapter 21. North, Bajío or South: The Three-Way Call
  4. Part IV. Making the Call
    1. Chapter 22. Entry Model and the State
    2. Chapter 23. From Shortlist to Site
    3. Chapter 24. Living There
Book facts
SeriesThe Economics of Mexico, Book 6
AuthorJ Rutan Flores
PublisherConnected Continents Press LLC
LanguageEnglish (American)
Edition2027 Edition; figures as of October 2026
Pages510 (paperback, 6 x 9 in)
Chapters24
ISBNAssigned when the edition is registered
Publication dateAnnounced to the readers' list

Output per person, 2025

US dollars per person, at current prices and at purchasing-power parity

Mexico, current$13,889Mexico, PPP$25,868United States$90,027
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2025; NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD, updated July 13, 2026. More dated data: rutanamex.com.