This paper focuses on the use of imported inputs and on the importance of export revenues to Brazilian manufacturing firms and points out the implications of these results from the viewpoint of the insertion of the Brazilian industry in global value chains. It is based on information from the...

This paper introduces an alternative indicator to evaluate the external sector behavior of a country or region. The objective of this indicator, titled 'The External Sector Vulnerability Monitoring Index' (henceforth ESVM) (λ), is to offer policy-makers and researchers a new analytical tool to...

Against a theoretical background which recognizes the gains from trade liberalization, this paper asks whether, and if so to what extent, economic integration as directly measured through vertically integrated value-added has increased or reduced convergence among European industries and related...

The article analyzes Mexico under globalization, particularly on the free mobility of capital. It argues that globalization has detrimentally impacted the productive and external sectors, causing the economy to become excessively reliant on volatile capital inflows from abroad. The Mexican...