regions of the United States and Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol polices U.S. boundaries, seeking to apprehend any individual … southern California, southwestern Texas, and Mexican cities on the U.S.-Mexico border. For each region, we have high …) immigration from Mexico has a minimal impact on wages in U.S. border cities …

We examine illegal immigration in the United States from Mexico over the period 1976-1995. One challenge is that we do … individuals apprehended attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Based on a simple migration model, we postulate the … apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border, person hours the U.S. Border Patrol spends policing the border, and wages in the United …

Retail petroleum markets in Mexico are on the cusp of a historic deregulation. For decades, all 11,000 gasoline … regulated retail prices. This industry structure is changing, however, as part of Mexico's broader energy reforms aimed at … gasoline and diesel. In this paper, we provide an economic perspective on Mexico's nascent deregulation. Although in many ways …

levels of locally-owned firms in Mexico have converged to those of foreign-owned firms. Second, both the rate of productivity … ownership of an industry. Third, the productivity gap between Mexico and U.S. manufacturing has diminished between the mid-1960s …

A theoretical model is developed and applied to the North American auto industry, motivated by the possibility of US-Mexico …. Using an applied GE model, we find that (A) the gains to Mexico are significant and the effects on the US and Canada are … North American multinationals determine markups, increased imports from Mexico do not result in a rationalization of US and …