This paper looks at some of the reasons why free trade has failed to improve the allocation of resources in developing countries, and considers the impact of trade liberalization on the Latin American region during the 1990 2000 period. Under liberalized trade, economic crises have grown in...

The comparative financial performance of Southern Plains and US farm businesses was analyzed for the 1987-1989 period. The results showed no significant differences between the profitability ratios of the two groups of farms, except in the $40,000 to $249,999 sales class, where US farms...

The argument that NAFTA will hurt US growers of horticultural crops because of increased Mexican exports was evaluated. The evaluation was based on the analysis of Mexico's potential physical production capacity and domestic demand for horticultural products, the nature of US import demand, and...