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'Is There Convergence Between North American Free Trade Agreement Partners?'
Alicia Puyana & Jose Romero

After more than fifteen years of economic reforms and ten since the NAFTA was set in motion, the integration of the Mexican economy with that of the United States has not yet crystallized. The NAFTA agreement included the specific goal of reducing migration toward the United States, an objective that could be achieved if the convergence between these two economies were under way. The convergence process was to be invigorated by both foreign trade liberalization and structural reforms. This paper seeks to examine if there has been a trend towards convergence in the per capita income of NAFTA member countries.

May 5, 2004.

 
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