direct investment (HFDI), pure platform FDI (PFDI), and complex platform FDI (CFDI). Using data on Japanese outward FDI, we … define firms conducting HFDI or PFDI as those Japanese firms that maintain production affiliates only in the U.S. or Mexico …, respectively. The firms for CFDI are defined as having production affiliates in both the U.S. and Mexico. The theoretical …

time series. Said methodology is used to test and measure the existence of common cycles between the economies of Mexico …. Also, given the existence of one common cycle between these economies, it is found that transitory shocks affecting Mexico …