COMPLEX NETWORK ANALYSIS UNCOVERS THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE MEXICAN ECONOMY

We use input-output tables and complex network analysis to identify changes in the production structure of the Mexican economy and uncover whether the economic system has experienced a reconfiguration. Results show changes in the structural properties of the economy. Intermediate demands were best described by the logistic distribution with changes in the estimated parameters. The number of intersectional relations increased resulting in higher densities of the production network. In general, sectors presented more and stronger connections; but manufacturing sectors behaved differently. They decreased the number of connections as input buyer and slightly increased the number of connections as input suppliers. There is evidence that manufacturing sectors were more affected in terms of the strength of the connections than the number. Finally, authority and hub scores show that a few sectors emerged as most important. Therefore, complex network analysis uncovered a reconfiguration of the Mexican economy but not a structural change.