The objective of this research is to identify the factors that determine the capacity of city rankings published in the economic press—particularly The Economist Intelligence Unit and AméricaEconomía—to not only trigger social dialogue about the ratings different territories attain but also to enrich the public debate on the “competitive city model” and influence the design and implementation of local public policies on the matter. The research method involved interviews with public officials responsible for the design and implementation of urban competitiveness policies in the following Mexican cities: Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla, and Queretaro, all of which are listed in the rankings of the journals The Economist Intelligence Unit and AméricaEconomía. The field research included an interview with the editor responsible for conceptualizing, preparing, and publishing the first version of “The Best Cities to Do Business in Latin America” ranking of the journal AméricaEconomía. It also included a comparative analysis of city indexes from the theoretic and conceptual perspective of space of flows. The investigation was conducted between March and August 2017.

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城市排名在地方公共政策设计中的作用：城市竞争力和经济新闻

这项研究的目的是确定决定经济出版物（特别是《经济学人》情报部和《美国经济》）上发表的城市排名能力的因素，以不仅引发有关不同地区获得的评级的社会对话，而且还可以丰富公众辩论对“竞争性城市模式”的影响，并影响当地公共政策的制定和实施。该研究方法涉及采访负责以下墨西哥城市的城市竞争力政策的设计和实施的政府官员：墨西哥城，蒙特雷，普埃布拉和克雷塔罗，所有这些都列在《经济学人智库》和《经济学人》杂志的排名中AméricaEconomía。现场研究包括对负责概念化，编写并出版了《美国经济杂志》（AméricaEconomía）排名的“拉丁美洲最佳经商城市”第一版。它还包括从流量空间的理论和概念角度对城市指标进行的比较分析。调查于2017年3月至8月之间进行。