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Disentangling Global Value Chains
de Gortari, Alonso - 2019
The patterns of production underlying the recent rise of global value chains (GVCs) have become increasingly complex. NAFTA supply chains, for example, are now deeply integrated: Using Mexican customs data, I find that exports to the U.S. use a much higher share of American inputs than exports...
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Globalization, De-Industrialization and Mexican Exceptionalism 1750-1879
González, Rafael Dobado - 2006
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 …
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Unmasking the Pollution Haven Effect
Levinson, Arik - 2004
on U.S. regulations and net trade flows among the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, for 130 manufacturing industries from 1977 to …
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Spillovers, Foreign Investment, and Export Behavior
Aitken, Brian - 1994
Case studies of export behavior suggest that firms who penetrate foreign markets reduce entry costs for other potential exporters, either through learning by doing or through establishing buyer- supplier linkages. We pursue the idea that spillovers associated with one firm's export activity...
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International Trade and Factor Mobility : An Empirical Investigation
Goldberg, Linda S. - 1999
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been growing rapidly, at a pace far exceeding the growth in international trade. Thus, a full understanding of the relationship between trade in goods and FDI is important for obtaining a complete picture of the extent and sources of international linkages. We...
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Shipping the Good Apples Out? An Empirical Confirmation of the Alchian-Allen Conjecture
Hummels, David - 2002
We model demand for quality differentiated goods to derive a relationship between trade costs and the quality composition of trade. Detailed data on traded goods' prices, quantities and shipping costs for many importers and exporters are used to test these predictions. These data provide a...
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Macroeconomic Volatility in Latin America : A View and Three Case Studies
Caballero, Ricardo J. - 2000
Mexico …
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Public Debt, Fiscal Solvency and Macroeconomic Uncertainty in Latin America : The Cases of Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico
Mendoza, Enrique G. - 2004
Ratios of public debt as a share of GDP in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico were 10 percentage points higher on average … scenario question the sustainability of current debt ratios in Brazil and Colombia, while those in Costa Rica and Mexico seem …
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Current Account Sustainability : Selected East Asian and Latin American Experiences
Milesi-Ferrett, Gian Maria - 1996
, Colombia and Mexico -- and three East Asian countries--Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. It identifies a number of potential …
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Shelter from the Storm : Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums
Galiani, Sebastian - 2013
Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. We experimentally evaluate the impact of a housing project run by the NGO TECHO which provides …
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