Cadot, Olivier; Carrère, Céline; de Melo, Jaime; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
approaches. First, we estimate the effect of tariff preferences and rules of origin on the border prices of Mexican final goods … of Mexican apparel products compensates for the cost of complying with NAFTA’s rules of origin. We also find that the … price of US intermediates exported to Mexico is raised significantly by the presence of rules of origin downstream. Second …