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North-South trade liberalization and returns to skill in the south : the case of Mexico
Hazarika, Gautam (contributor); Otero, Rafael (contributor) - 2008
This study examines the effect of NAFTA, an instance of North-South trade liberalization, on returns to skill in Mexico …. Mexico is abundant in low-skill workers relative to the US and Canada, and so, by the Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model …, NAFTA ought to have raised the relative earnings of low-skill workers, that is, lowered returns to skill in Mexico. Analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771056
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The NAFTA tide: lifting the larger and better boats
Calderón Madrid, Angel (contributor);  … - 2007
We use panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants to study the connection between plants’ responses to changes in the economic environment and their contributions to aggregate productivity growth in the period following the implementation of the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646696
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Adding rungs to the exporting ladder : plant-level exporting dynamics and total factor productivity growth
Voicu, Alexandru (contributor) - 2008
We use panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants to study the dynamics of plant-level exporting activity at both the extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity growth. We find that exporting activity has a ladder...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771885
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Firm dynamics and real exchange rate fluctuations : does trade openness matter? ; evidence from Mexico's manufacturing sector
Fuentes, Miguel Andrés; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2009
In this paper we study the effect of NAFTA on the responsiveness of Mexican economy to real exchange rate shocks. We argue that, by opening the U.S. and Canadian markets to Mexican goods, NAFTA made it easier for domestic producers to take advantage of the opportunities brought by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904720
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Total factor productivity growth and job turnover in Mexican manufacturing plants in the 1990s
Calderón Madrid, Angel (contributor);  … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001894033
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On the bilateral trade effects of free trade agreements between the EU-15 and the CEEC-4 countries
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2008
The expansion of regionalism has spawned an extensive theoretical literature analysing the effects of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on trade flows. In this paper we focus on FTAs (also called European agreements) between the European Union (EU-15) and the Central and Eastern European countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769782
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An empirical analysis of trade-related redistribution and the political viability of free trade
Lake, James; Millimet, Daniel L. - 2014
Even if free trade creates net welfare gains for a country as a whole, the associated distributional implications can undermine the political viability of free trade. We show that trade-related redistribution increases the political viability of free trade in the US. We do so by assessing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339571
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Trade policy and labor services : final status options for the West Bank and Gaza
Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001926831
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Trade and economic growth: theories and evidence from the Southern African Development Community
Farahane, Matias Jaime; Heshmati, Almas - 2020
This paper empirically tests the hypothesis that trade can act as an engine of growth using panel data for the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional integration agreement (RIA) organization, the central objective of whose formation was the need to accelerate, foster, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290621
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Free Trade Agreements and the movement of business people
Mayer, Thierry; Rapoport, Hillel; Umana-Dajud, Camilo - 2024
Using provisions to ease the movement of business visitors in trade agreements, we show that removing barriers to the movement of business people promotes trade. We document the increasing complexity of Free Trade Agreements and develop an algorithm that combines machine learning and text...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486333