Trade Liberalisation, the Peso, and Mexico's Commodity Trade Flows with the United States
We assess the effects of real peso devaluations, as well as the effects of GATT and NAFTA, on Mexico's in-payments and out-payments with the United States for 102 industries. We find that relatively few trade flows are sensitive to changes in the real exchange rate, probably due to production-sharing and intra-industry trade, but devaluations affect Mexican imports more than exports. Trade liberalisation has had a larger impact, particularly on imports of intermediate goods and exports of certain manufactures. Many affected export industries are ones that have previously been shown to have economies of scale.
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2009
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Authors: | Bahmani-Oskooee, Mohsen ; Hegerty, Scott |
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Journal of Development Studies. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0022-0388. - Vol. 45.2009, 5, p. 693-725
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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