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<journal-id>2448-8402</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ensayos. Revista de economía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ens. Rev. econ.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-8402</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, a través de la Facultad de Economía con la colaboración del Centro de Investigaciones Económicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-84022024000100001</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29105/ensayos43.1-1</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Satellite Nighttime Lights as a Measurement of Economic Growth in Mexico&#8217;s Municipalities]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Luces Satelitales Nocturnas Como Medida del Crecimiento Económico en los Municipios de México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Millán López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrés Jerson]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Olivares]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guadalajara Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico-Administrativas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>18</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-84022024000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-84022024000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-84022024000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The lack of information regarding economic performance and the temporal limitations of national accounts and economic censuses at a local level in Mexico motivates the exploration of alternative indicators. Based on Henderson (2012), in this document, economic dynamism is analyzed through the use of satellite nighttime lights images. This construction complements the omissions of information and measures economic dynamism at a sub-national level. Results highlight that changes in luminosity observed from outer space are positively related to economic dynamism, therefore the luminosity variable can be used as a proxy to analyze changes in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La falta de información sobre el desempeño económico y las limitaciones temporales de las cuentas nacionales y los censos económicos a nivel local en México motiva la exploración de indicadores alternativos. Con base en Henderson (2012), en este documento se analiza el dinamismo económico a través del uso de imágenes satelitales de luces nocturnas. Esta construcción complementa las omisiones de información y mide el dinamismo económico a nivel subnacional. Los resultados destacan que los cambios en la luminosidad observados desde el espacio exterior se relacionan positivamente con el dinamismo económico, por lo que la variable luminosidad puede usarse como proxy para analizar los cambios en el Producto Interno Bruto (PIB).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[satellite nighttime lights images]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[economic dynamism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[municipalities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[imágenes satelitales de luces nocturnas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[dinamismo económico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[municipios]]></kwd>
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