The study presented in this paper describes preliminary findings on changes in the adoption of different learning … mechanisms before and after the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), based on a study of 193 … firms with regards to learning, and focuses on changes in learning trends owing to different market conditions brought about …

This paper examines the impact of NAFTA on trade-related foreign R&D and total factor productivity (TFP) in Mexico. The …-output relations in Mexico. We find that i) trade with Mexico's NAFTA partners has a large and significant impact on Mexico's TFP while … trade with the rest of the OECD does not; and ii) NAFTA has led to a permanent increase in TFP in Mexico's manufacturing …

This paper examines the impact of trade liberalization under NAFTA on the productivity of the Mexican automobile …

for several years during which the NAFTA was in effect. Key results include strong evidence of constant returns to scale … NAFTA was implemented has been associated with lower production costs. In addition, these data support the conclusion that … market impediments in Mexico. …

organisms (GMOs) and nuclear power technology (NPT) within the North American free trade area (NAFTA). Models are estimated with … data on youth respondents from the USA, Canada and Mexico, using seemingly unrelated bivariate weighted ordered probit … USA, those from Canada show 15% (GMOs) and 7.1% (NPT) more awareness, respectively; while youth from Mexico show 34.4% and …

As was shown in some previous studies, the creation of the North American Free Trade American (NAFTA) has significantly … industry within the NAFTA area. Our results highlight an increase in intra-industry trade since the beginning of the 1990s. The … unit values). In NAFTA, intraindustry trade exists in most sectors and in two bilateral relations (United States-Canada and …

The NAFTA and MERCOSUR agreements seem to have accelerated the regional integration process respectively within North … trade in vertically differentiated goods. In NAFTA, intra-industry trade exists in most sectors and in two bilateral … relations (United States Canada and United States Mexico). In MERCOSUR, the automobile industry has experienced the highest rate …