This paper uses a case study approach to explore the effects of NAFTA and GATT membership on innovation and trade in … effect of NAFTA and the GATT on the SDS industry was to help induce Wal-Mart to enter Mexico. Once there, Walmex … new products and processes from their headquarters to Mexico. Finally, although Mexican detergent exports captured an …

very detailed Mexican data for 1994-2004, a period of liberalization in US trade policy vis a vis Mexico, mandated by the … North American Free Trade Agreement. Our approach is novel in that we focus on quality, proxied by domestic price premium …

Like the rest of the poor periphery, Mexico had to deal with de-industrialization forces between 1750 and 1913, those … such huge dimensions. Yet, from independence to mid-century Mexico did better on this score than did most countries around …, and to those attributable to domestic forces specific to Mexico. It uses a neo-Ricardian model (with non …

This paper emphasizes the relevance of classical transition dynamics for trade policy, particularly for developing … to trade policy reforms. The paper employs a simple growth model to examine these effects, formally developing the …

dynamic, heterogeneous firms model we show that: (i) investment and entry into export markets is reduced when trade policy is …We provide theoretical and empirical evidence that policy uncertainty can significantly affect firm level investment … and entry decisions in the context of international trade. When market entry costs are sunk, policy uncertainty can create …

In this paper we explore the potential gains that a trade agreement (TA) can provide by regulating trade …-policy uncertainty, in addition to the more standard gains from reducing the mean levels of trade barriers. We show that in a standard … trade model with income-risk neutrality there tends to be an uncertainty-increasing motive for a TA. With income …

This paper examines the effect of Wal-Mart's entry into Mexico on Mexican manufacturers of consumer goods. Guided by … Mexico), or use traditional retailers. Walmex provides access to a larger market, but it puts continuous pressure on its …

are necessary to prevent trade deflection --are attracting increasing attention. At the same time, preference erosion for … show that the current system of rules of origin (RoO) in place for EU and US preferential trade agreements (including the … prevent trade deflection implying capture by special interest groups. The paper concludes by outlining alternative paths to …

the case of NAFTA, it is estimated that up to 40% of Mexico’s preferential access to the US market in 2000 (estimated at 5 …All preferential trading agreements (PTAs) short of a customs union use Rules of Origin (RoO) to prevent trade …