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Export growth of NAFTA members, intra-industry trade and adjustment

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  • Marius Brulhart
  • Michael Thorpe

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This paper looks at the issue of labour market adjustment in the context of expanded international trade of NAFTA economies both within the region and more generally. The study focuses on the period 1990-1998, a time frame that covers several years prior to and after the formation of NAFTA. Trade flows of the member countries are analysed using measures of static intra-industry trade (IIT) and dynamic (marginal) intra-industry trade (MIIT). Inferences are drawn from these results on the basis of the "smooth adjustment hypothesis" according to which IIT entails relatively low factor-market adjustment costs. The paper concludes that for trade flows within NAFTA, less labour market adjustment pressures are being experienced by the US and Mexico in terms of their relationship. A similar observation can be made for US-Canada trade. Trade between Canada and Mexico is seen as causing relatively more adjustment pressure compared to other intra-regional flows. In terms of the trade of NAFTA members with major trading partners outside of the group, the results are mixed.

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  • Marius Brulhart & Michael Thorpe, 2001. "Export growth of NAFTA members, intra-industry trade and adjustment," Global Business and Economics Review, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(1), pages 94-110.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:gbusec:v:3:y:2001:i:1:p:94-110
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    1. W. Mark Brown, 2008. "Trade and the Industrial Specialization of Canadian Manufacturing Regions, 1974 to 1999," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 31(2), pages 138-158, April.
    2. Carlos Felipe Jaramillo & Daniel Lederman & Maurizio Bussolo & David Gould & Andrew Mason, 2006. "Challenges of CAFTA : Maximizing the Benefits for Central America," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 7127, December.
    3. Norbert Fiess, 2007. "Business Cycle Synchronization and Regional Integration: A Case Study for Central America," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 21(1), pages 49-72.
    4. Vogiatzoglou, Klimis, 2005. "Varieties or Qualities? Horizontal and Vertical Intra-industry Trade within the NAFTA Trade Bloc," Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, vol. 6(2), pages 1-13.

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