Nafta As A Model Of Development

Author : Richard S. Belous,Jonathan Lemco
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791496251

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NAFTA as a Model of Development by Richard S. Belous,Jonathan Lemco Pdf

This book discusses the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in terms of its implications for job creation, reduced tariffs, and increased investment. Although the regional trading blocs merging in Europe, North America, and East Asia differ strikingly, there is one basic feature common to each--the formation of regional trading blocs involves a uniting of high- and low-wage areas. The authors address this issue directly, questioning whether NAFTA will promote upward or downward convergence of compensation rates, unit labor costs, and benefit levels. Equally important, they consider whether this trading arrangement will promote economic growth, investment, and efficiency. Viewpoints from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico and from the business and labor communities are included.

Author : Adrián de León-Arias,Patricio Aroca
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811631689

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NAFTA’s Impact on Mexico’s Regional Development by Adrián de León-Arias,Patricio Aroca Pdf

In this book, the dynamics of continuity and change in the regional economic development of Mexico and the US border states are analyzed. These studies cover the last 25 years, after the first trade agreement, between a developed and a developing country, tooks place, and where international trade and investment have been combined with a set of relevant local factors such as regional innovation, industrialization patterns, multinational corporations’ modes of operation, public investment, and national content of exports. The book offers researchers a precise identification of stylized facts that characterize the pattern of regional development in Mexico and the US Southwest as well as state-of-the-art applications contrasting hypotheses from new economic geography, endogenous and neo-Schumpeterian economic growth models, and new international trade. To graduate and advanced undergraduate students in the fields of spatial geographic economics, this book offers an excellent source for its updated review of current topics on regional development in Mexico. To policy makers, the book helps to identify policy areas to reinforce the dynamics of regional development. Whereas other books have looked at the several impacts of NAFTA on national economies, productive sectors, and societies, this book analyzes the trade agreement’s impact with a long-term view across the diversity of developments of Mexico ́s regions. As well, the analysis is carried out with the perspective of prospective reforms of a renovated trade agreement between the United States and the new Mexican federal administration . The collaborators in this book are researchers who are experts at the international and national levels in the field of regional economic development. During the last 25 years they have conducted their analyses in different regions of Mexico and the United States as university researchers, advisors to state and federal governments, and as practitioners.

Author : Maurice Schiff,Yanling Wang
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Diffusion of innovations
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Regional Integration and Technology Diffusion by Maurice Schiff,Yanling Wang Pdf

Author : Joseph A. McKinney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315292199

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Created from NAFTA: The Structure, Function and Significance of the Treaty's Related Institutions by Joseph A. McKinney Pdf

The North American Free Trade Agreement involved much more than simple trade barrier reduction. This volume provides an in-depth examination and analysis of the structure, functions, and performance of the NAFTA institutions from their inception.

Author : Adrián de León-Arias,Patricio Aroca
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9811631697

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NAFTA's Impact on Mexico's Regional Development by Adrián de León-Arias,Patricio Aroca Pdf

In this book, the dynamics of continuity and change in the regional economic development of Mexico and the US border states are analyzed. These studies cover the last 25 years, after the first trade agreement, between a developed and a developing country, tooks place, and where international trade and investment have been combined with a set of relevant local factors such as regional innovation, industrialization patterns, multinational corporations' modes of operation, public investment, and national content of exports. The book offers researchers a precise identification of stylized facts that characterize the pattern of regional development in Mexico and the US Southwest as well as state-of-the-art applications contrasting hypotheses from new economic geography, endogenous and neo-Schumpeterian economic growth models, and new international trade. To graduate and advanced undergraduate students in the fields of spatial geographic economics, this book offers an excellent source for its updated review of current topics on regional development in Mexico. To policy makers, the book helps to identify policy areas to reinforce the dynamics of regional development. Whereas other books have looked at the several impacts of NAFTA on national economies, productive sectors, and societies, this book analyzes the trade agreement's impact with a long-term view across the diversity of developments of Mexico ́s regions. As well, the analysis is carried out with the perspective of prospective reforms of a renovated trade agreement between the United States and the new Mexican federal administration. The collaborators in this book are researchers who are experts at the international and national levels in the field of regional economic development. During the last 25 years they have conducted their analyses in different regions of Mexico and the United States as university researchers, advisors to state and federal governments, and as practitioners.

Author : Nora Claudia Lustig,Barry P. Bosworth,Robert Z. Lawrence
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815718468

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North American Free Trade by Nora Claudia Lustig,Barry P. Bosworth,Robert Z. Lawrence Pdf

The proposed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) represents a historic change in relations among Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The effect of the agreement on the three economies has generated controversy and some degree of alarm within each country. In this book, noted trade and development experts review the available literature on the effects of NAFTA on the three member countries and the world trading system. They evaluate how NAFTA will affect areas such as economic growth, employment, income distribution, industry, and agriculture in Canada, Mexico, and the United States; and consider the significance the trade agreement holds for the rest of the world. Drusill K. Brown begins the discussion by providing an overview and comparison of the general results from recent studies. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda and Sherman Robinson explore in greater detail the potential effects of NAFTA on wages and employment in Mexico and the United States. Sidney Wintrab reviews industry-specific effects of NAFTA, in particular, the environment, the social agenda, and human rights and democracy. Finally, Carlos Alberto Primo Braga considers the implications of NAFTA on the rest of the world. Following each of these chapters, international scholars assess the alternatives and provide recommendations for future research.

Author : Stephen J. Randall,Herman W. Konrad
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business and politics
ISBN : 9781895176636

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NAFTA in Transition by Stephen J. Randall,Herman W. Konrad Pdf

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic, social, cultural and political dimensions of the evolving trilateral relationship among the three countries of North America. Contributors address such topics as energy, the environment, trade, labour, the maquiladora industrial sector of Mexico, the Mexican auto industry, and Canada - U.S. cultural relations.While other publications have focused on U.S. issues, this one emphasizes Canada and Mexico, yet adds significantly to our understanding of the place of the United States in this evolving trilateral relationship.

Author : Mary E. Burfisher,Frederic Lambert,Mr.Troy D Matheson
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781498303286

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NAFTA to USMCA: What is Gained? by Mary E. Burfisher,Frederic Lambert,Mr.Troy D Matheson Pdf

The United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) was signed on November 30, 2018 and aims to replace and modernize the North-American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This paper uses a global, multisector, computable-general-equilibrium model to provide an analytical assessment of five key provisions in the new agreement, including tighter rules of origin in the automotive, textiles and apparel sectors, more liberalized agricultural trade, and other trade facilitation measures. The results show that together these provisions would adversely affect trade in the automotive, textiles and apparel sectors, while generating modest aggregate gains in terms of welfare, mostly driven by improved goods market access, with a negligible effect on real GDP. The welfare benefits from USMCA would be greatly enhanced with the elimination of U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico and the elimination of the Canadian and Mexican import surtaxes imposed after the U.S. tariffs were put in place.

Author : Raúl Vázquez-López
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030552657

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NAFTA and the Mexican Manufacturing Sector by Raúl Vázquez-López Pdf

This volume discusses the development of the Mexican manufacturing sector during the NAFTA era. This book pursues several objectives simultaneously. Firstly, it gives continuity to and revitalizes the structuralist economic perspective and debate proposed by Latin American development theory. Secondly, it analyzes the trend of structural heterogeneity in Mexico from 1994-2008 using the manufacturing sector as a case study. Lastly, it uses methodologies established by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to provide an in-depth statistical evaluation of the effects of economic liberalization on structural change, labor productivity, production concentration, and dynamic competitiveness in the main industries of the sector: food, beverages, and tobacco; textiles and apparel; chemistry; electromechanics. Providing historical context for the evolution of Mexico’s economy after trade liberalization, this volume will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers of industrial economics, economic development, Latin-American studies, developing studies, international economics, international relations, political science, and economic geography.

Author : Richard C. Rounds,Brandon University. Rural Development Institute,Canadian Rural Restructuring Foundation
Publisher : Brandon, Man. : Canadian Rural Restructuring Foundation
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Free trade
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073263190

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NAFTA and the New Rural Economy by Richard C. Rounds,Brandon University. Rural Development Institute,Canadian Rural Restructuring Foundation Pdf

Author : Kevin P. Gallagher,Enrique Dussel Peters,Timothy A. Wise
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0982568304

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The Future of North American Trade Policy by Kevin P. Gallagher,Enrique Dussel Peters,Timothy A. Wise Pdf

Author : Edward J. Chambers,Peter H. Smith
Publisher : University of Alberta Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0888643861

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NAFTA in the New Millennium by Edward J. Chambers,Peter H. Smith Pdf

The North American Free Trade Agreement binds Canada, Mexico, and the United States together in an ambitious and far-reaching experiment in regional economic integration. As we enter the new millennium, a central concern is whether NAFTA should be amended or reformed and how it might become the foundation for a hemispheric Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). To assess these possibilities, NAFTA in the New Millennium raises key questions: • How has NAFTA performed and how has it affected the member countries?• Is there popular support for NAFTA in Canada, Mexico, and the United States?• What are the prospects for change in the foreseeable future and for the longer term? • How does NAFTA fit into the still-evolving world economy? What is its relationship to other regional integration schemes and to multilateral connections on a global scale?Prominent contributors from Canada, Mexico, and the United States examine broad dimensions of NAFTA's history, politics, economics, and outlooks for future development. They address such topics as:• The rise of "free trade" as an idea • Occupational status and perceptions of NAFTA • Immigration policy and economic integration• The need for a social development fund• Prospects for dollarization • The impact of 9/11/01 on regional and hemispheric trade negotiations. We acknowledge the contributions of the Western Centre for Economic Research and Government of Alberta Department of International and Intergovernmental Relations.

Author : Belinda Coote
Publisher : Humanities Press International
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822021385646

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NAFTA by Belinda Coote Pdf

Part of the Insight series, which presents evidence to support the advocacy work of Oxfam (UK/I) on behalf of poor communities - work which is central to the agency's relief and development programme in over 70 countries - this work examines the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which in 1994 created the largest free-trade zone in the world. The economic treaty united countries from the developed and the developing worlds. This book asks: will it lead to prosperity for all in Mexico, or will it leave the country open to exploitation and unfair competition? And what are the lessons to be learned from the NAFTA experience by other poor countries experimenting with policies of economic liberalization?

Author : Mr.Ayhan Kose,Mr.Guy Meredith,Mr.Christopher M. Towe
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451847970

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How Has Nafta Affected the Mexican Economy? Review and Evidence by Mr.Ayhan Kose,Mr.Guy Meredith,Mr.Christopher M. Towe Pdf

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of NAFTA on growth and business cycles in Mexico. The effect of the agreement in spurring a dramatic increase in trade and financial flows between Mexico and its NAFTA partners, and its impact on Mexican economic growth and business cycle dynamics, are documented with reference both to stylized facts and recent empirical research. The paper concludes by drawing lessons from Mexico's NAFTA experience for policymakers in developing countries. The foremost of these is that in an increasingly globalized trading system, bilateral and regional free trade arrangements should be used to accelerate, rather than postpone, needed structural reform.

Author : Patrick J. Kehoe,Timothy J. Kehoe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018471107

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Modeling North American Economic Integration by Patrick J. Kehoe,Timothy J. Kehoe Pdf

Modeling North American Economic Integration presents descriptions of the models and the central results obtained by four teams of economic modelers who analyze the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on the economies of Canada, Mexico and the USA. Preliminary versions of these four modeling efforts were presented at a conference with the same title as the book, held in March 1991 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and sponsored by El Colegio de Mexico and the Institute for Empirical Macroeconomics. The book also includes a Foreword by Jaime Serra-Puche, the former Secretary of Trade and Industrial Development in Mexico and that country's chief negotiator of NAFTA, plus two essays by the editors. The first provides an overview and discussion of the results obtained by the modeling groups, and the second provides a critical survey of the sort of applied general equilibrium model employed by these groups. A final chapter discusses the results of the models in relation to the 1994-95 financial crisis in Mexico.