Lederman, DanielServen, Luis2014-01-032014-01-032005-12-27World Bank Economic Reviewdoi:10.1093/wber/lhi020https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16472The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is arguably the first case study of what may be expected from the increasing number of preferential trade agreements involving both developed and developing economies. Ten years after the treaty's inception, it is time to assess how its outcomes compare with initial expectations. The articles in this symposium issue provide insights into the effects of NAFTA on economic geography, trade, wages and migration, and foreign investment from Mexico's perspective. The contributions paint a complex post-NAFTA reality characterized by persistent intra-bloc trade barriers, interregional inequality within Mexico, labor market outcomes that seem closely tied to migration patterns and international trade and investment, and foreign investment flows that appear weakly related to trade agreements.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSANTIDUMPINGAPPARELAPPAREL INDUSTRYBORDER ENFORCEMENTCAPITAL ACCOUNTCAPITAL FLOWSCAUSE FOR CONCERNCOMMERCIAL BANKINGCOMMERCIAL BANKING SYSTEMCOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMMODITYCOMPETITIVE PRESSURESCOUNTERVAILING DUTIESCUSTOMSCUSTOMS UNIONSDEVELOPING ECONOMIESDEVELOPING ECONOMYDISPUTE SETTLEMENTDISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMSDIVIDENDDOMESTIC PRODUCTIONDUTY-FREE ACCESSDYNAMIC EFFECTSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIC OUTCOMESENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONSEUROPEAN UNIONEXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONSEXPORT PRICESEXPORTERSEXPORTSEXTENDED MARKETFEDERAL RESERVEFEDERAL RESERVE BANKFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL SERVICESFINANCIAL SYSTEMFOREIGN CORPORATIONSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN ENTRYFOREIGN INSURANCEFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTORSFOREIGN TECHNOLOGIESFREE ACCESSFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTFREE TRADE AGREEMENTSGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGLOBAL TRADEGRAVITY MODELGRAVITY MODELSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGUARANTEE OF ACCESSILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONILLEGAL MIGRATIONIMPORT TARIFFSIMPORTSINCOMEINCOME CONVERGENCEINCOME TRANSFERSINCOMESINEQUALITYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTEREST GROUPSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICSINTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTRABLOC TRADEINVESTMENT DIVERSIONINVESTMENT FLOWSINVESTMENT INFLOWSLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET INTEGRATIONLABOR MARKET OUTCOMESLABOR MARKETSLIQUIDITYLOWERED TRADEMANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITYMARKET ACCESSMARKET PERFORMANCEMEMBER COUNTRIESMEMBER COUNTRYPARTNER COUNTRIESPOLICY RESEARCHPOLLUTIONPORTFOLIOPREFERENTIAL ACCESSPREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESSPREFERENTIAL TARIFFPREFERENTIAL TRADEPREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTPREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTSPREFERENTIAL TRADINGPREFERENTIAL TRADING ARRANGEMENTSPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSPROTECTIONISTPROTECTIONIST DEVICESPROTECTIONSREAL EXCHANGE RATEREEXPORTREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTSREMEDIESRETURN ON CAPITALRULES OF ORIGINSAFEGUARD DUTIESTARIFF PREFERENCESTARIFF RATETARIFF RATE QUOTASTARIFF REDUCTIONSTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCESTECHNOLOGY DIFFUSIONTRADE AGREEMENTTRADE AGREEMENT PARTNERSTRADE ARRANGEMENTSTRADE BARRIERSTRADE CREATIONTRADE DEFLECTIONTRADE DIVERSIONTRADE EFFECTSTRADE FLOWSTRADE ISSUESTRADE LAWSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE NEGOTIATIONSTRADE OPENNESSTRADE PATTERNSTRADE POLICIESTRADE PREFERENCESTRADE REFORMSTRADING SYSTEMTRANSPORT COSTSUNILATERAL REFORMSUNILATERAL TRADEUNILATERAL TRADE REFORMSUNSKILLED WORKERSVOLUME OF TRADEWAGE CONVERGENCEWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWAGESWORLD TRADEJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/16472