cycle in four Texas border Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and Mexico. We then measure the degree of economic …

"The U.S.-Mexico border provides a number of examples of pairs of neighboring cities, one in the U.S. and the other in … Mexico. The advent of the North American Industrial Classification System provides a new opportunity to look at these cities … sector in city pairs that are located along the Texas-Mexico border: El Paso-Juarez, Laredo-Nuevo Laredo, Brownsville …