Choosing an exchange-rate regime is largely a matter of choosing the variables that will bear the brunt of adjustment to shocks and disturbances. Floating rates, supported by inflation-targeting regimes of varying degrees of transparency, have dominated currency arrangements in North America,...

Section I examines the implications of production sharing in the context of preferential trade liberalization. Of particular interest is the case in which a free trade area which is clearly trade-diverting under traditional circumstances, becomes trade-creating with joint production. Trade in...

This paper examines the repercussions of cross-border production sharing for the welfare effects of preferential trade liberalization. In a general-equilibrium context, a free trade agreement (FTA), which incorporates production sharing, raises the likelihood of welfare improvement. Thus, two...

Creation of the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) has focused attention on trade in intermediate goods and on offshore sourcing in the context of preferential trade liberalization. Although intermediate goods trade as a general phenomenon has been thoroughly examined in the literature, its...