With the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, Mexico entered a bilateral free trade …

In this paper, we derive three lessons from Mexico's experience. First, deep reforms like trade liberalization are not … elites breaks down. In the case of Mexico, this happened during a fiscal crisis, when some groups tried to displace other …, Mexico limited radical liberalization to the manufacturing sector. The government has only recently begun to undertake …

Mexico. I disentangle the effects of two opposing forces on regional labor demand: transport-cost considerations, which, all … of the manufacturing belt in and around Mexico City and the formation of broadly specialized industry centers located in … northern Mexico, relatively close to the United States. The North American Free Trade Agreement is likely to reinforce these …

obtain an education because of its effect on future earnings. Individuals differ in their initial income levels. Mexico doesn … United States, but Mexican population growth and productivity gains induced by liberalization will make the Mexico of the … future much larger than today, especially in those sectors that use intensively Mexico's abundant low-skilled labor …

A theoretical model is developed and applied to the North American auto industry, motivated by the possibility of US-Mexico …. Using an applied GE model, we find that (A) the gains to Mexico are significant and the effects on the US and Canada are … North American multinationals determine markups, increased imports from Mexico do not result in a rationalization of US and …

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 …