After analysing the evolution of exports from the large Latin American countries over the last decade, and examining on a case by case basis the determinants for each country's performance, this study concludes that competitiveness in the manufacturing sectors of most countries in the region...

This paper uses panel Granger causality tests to study the relationship between sector specific FDI and CO2 emissions. Using a sample of 18 Latin American countries for the 1980-2007 period, we find causality running from FDI in polluting intensive industries (“the dirty sector”) to CO2...

Global air pollution continues to increase across the world, and Mexico City is one of the most polluted cities in the western hemisphere. This paper considers the tradeoff between wages, housing characteristics, and air quality in the conjoint decision of where a household decides to live and...