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, and capital mobility – Chile, Colombia and Mexico – to investigate the extent to which Federal Reserve actions are …
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This paper examines two potential benefits that emerging economies may derive from dollarization. First, dollarization may eliminate distortions induced by the lack of credibility of monetary policy. Second, dollarization may weaken financial frictions that result in endogenous credit...
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only to describe the contracting practices of US and Canadian franchisors in Mexico but, most importantly, to compare them … agreements in Mexico compared to their home market. Our empirical results confirm hypotheses derived from the theories …, particularly with respect to the decision to operate in Mexico. But we also find some surprises - for example, the vast majority of …
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reasonably successful empirical account of why Mexico needed to devalue its exchange rate in 1994. This model provides a way to … rate crisis in other developing countries. The results suggest that Mexico's exchange rate was about 25 percent overvalued …
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This paper considers the likely effect on the automobile industry of a free trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico …. As there are currently large restrictions on imports into Mexico, one important outcome of a free trade agreement would …
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We study how the health and health insurance coverage of Mexican immigrants change with time in the US. Cross-sectional analyses suggest that approximately three decades of residency in the US is associated with a 9 to 11 percentage point (12% to 15%) decline in the probability of being...
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regions of the United States and Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol polices U.S. boundaries, seeking to apprehend any individual … southern California, southwestern Texas, and Mexican cities on the U.S.-Mexico border. For each region, we have high …) immigration from Mexico has a minimal impact on wages in U.S. border cities …
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economies. Although much of the discussion concentrates on East Asia and Mexico, I also draw on the history of some previous …
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