In this paper we provide estimates of direct, indirect and induced economic impacts from international trade activity in Miami-Dade using an input-output model developed with IMPLAN software. It is commonly believed in South Florida that international trade is an important determinant of...

The history of economic transition since the collapse of communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s offers many lessons for what Cuba may expect when it eventually embarks on its transition path. The path of transition has been more difficult than was conceived immediately following the...