We study how NAFTA changed the geography of violence in Mexico. We propose that this open border policy increased …

threat President Trump has made if the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is not passed by the U.S. Congress. We ….S. withdrawal only). Although all the member countries' standards of living fall, surprisingly the smallest economy, Mexico, is not … times that of Mexico's loss of 1.15 percent and is nearly eight times the United States' loss of 0.27 percent. The …

The transition into non-traditional export activities attracts important policy and academic attention. Using … international trade data, we explore how alternative linkages relate to the take-off and acceleration of export industries … labor. Technology has a predictive power depending on the specification used. We consistently find, however, that export …

The exceptional export performance of foreign-owned firms is a well-established stylized fact, but the underlying …