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The impact of NAFTA on the Mexican‐American trade

Nica, Mihai; Swaidan, Ziad; Grayson, Michael M. - In: International Journal of Commerce and Management 16 (2006) 3/4, pp. 222-233

This study analyzes the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the trade between Mexico and the U ….S. NAFTA was signed by the U.S., Canada and Mexico on 17 December 1992 and took effect on 1 January 1994. This research found … that NAFTA led to a significant increase in U.S. imports from Mexico, did not affect U.S. exports to Mexico, and led to a …

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Capital Account Liberalization : What Do Cross-Country Studies Tell Us?

Eichengreen, Barry - In: The World Bank Economic Review 15 (2001) 3, pp. 341-365

Capital account liberalization, it is fair to say, remains one of the most controversial and least understood policies of our day. One reason is that different theoretical perspectives have very different implications for the desirability of liberalizing capital flows. Another is that empirical...

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Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico since the Approval of NAFTA

Cuevas, Alfredo; Messmacher, Miguel; Werner, Alejandro - In: The World Bank Economic Review 19 (2005) 3, pp. 473-488

) effect on FDI flows into Mexico is much larger than its effect on flows into the United States. These cross-country results … are used to assess NAFTA’s effect on FDI flows into Mexico. After controlling for a set of other factors—such as an …

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Quiggin Responds to "Neither Borrower nor Lender Be" by Thomas J. Grennes

Quiggin, John - In: The Economists' Voice 2 (2005) 2

Thomas Grenness letter criticizing my article, "The Unsustainability of the US Trade Deficit," fails to distinguish between the trade deficit and the current account deficit, and therefore does not respond to my argument.

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Unemployment Revisited

Nickell, Stephen - In: Journal of Economic Studies 20 (1993) 1/2

Discusses a number of issues put forward by the other authors in this volume. In particular considers the potential role of real interest rates in unemployment models, the importance of the trade balance and related constraints in open economy models and the uniqueness and stability of...

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Nonlinear ARDL approach, asymmetric effects and the J-curve

Bahmani-Oskooee, Mohsen; Fariditavana, Hadise - In: Journal of Economic Studies 42 (2015) 3, pp. 519-530

Purpose – Previous research that investigated the effects of currency depreciation on the trade balance assumed that the adjustment of all variables in a given model is in linear fashion. The authors wonder if introduction of nonlinearity in the adjustment of some variables such as the...

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Industry level J -curve in Turkey

Durmaz, Nazif - In: Journal of Economic Studies 42 (2015) 4, pp. 689-706

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the J -Curve effect in Turkey at the industry level. Design/methodology/approach – In order to find the long-run and short-run effects, 58 industries (by Standard International Trade Classification Rev.3) have been identified by using monthly...

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Bilateral Trade Elasticity of Serbia and Her Trading Partners

Kurtovic, Safet; Halili, Blerim; Maxhuni, Nehat - In: Review of Economics 68 (2017) 3, pp. 181-204

Abstract Almost all countries face the problems of trade balance, although they are more inherent in developing countries and economies in transition. A majority of economists adhere to a common opinion that real depreciation may lead to an improvement of trade balance. That said, countries...

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Does the S-curve demonstrate an asymmetrical response to fluctuations in exchange rates?

Ahmad, Sareer; Iqbal, Javed; Nosheen, Misbah; Shil, … - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 17 (2024) 2/3, pp. 170-192

Purpose This study aims to examine the asymmetric S-curve between the trade balances of Pakistan and China at the commodity level using disaggregated data. Design/methodology/approach This study focuses on Pakistan and China bilateral trade based on commodity-level data. This study delves into...

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Exchange rate flexibility in Latin America

Ghosh, Amit - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 5 (2013) 2, pp. 238-250

Purpose – Exchange rate regime decisively impacts key policy objectives such as financial stability, inflation control, etc. The purpose of this paper is to overview the evolution of exchange rate regimes spanning 12 nations in the Latin American region over the last two decades and estimate...

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