This paper investigates the impact of foreign competition from China on employment and wages in four U.S.-Mexico border counties: Santa Cruz, AZ, San Diego, CA, El Paso, TX, and Webb, TX. Using disaggregated industry-level data between 1992 and 2006, we find that increased trade with China is...

We describe expansion patterns by U.S. companies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) between 1980 and 2005 using a unique sample that utilizes country, industry and time-series information on firms’ investments. We build on previous research to explore the effect of experience on firms’...

Without an income tax, Washington State relies heavily upon its sales tax revenue to fund public goods and services. Bordering Idaho and especially Oregon, where the sales tax is substantially lower, the juxtaposition of the different tax structures generates the border tax effect in...

This paper focuses on the determinants of student achievement in Oregon as measured by the percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards on math and reading proficiency tests. Our study employs panel data spanning 2006 through 2013 and grades 5 through 8. We investigate how...

Since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the success of the former Soviet Bloc countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) has been mixed. The objective of this paper is to capture the strategic interdependence between investment decisions by foreign firms and reform decisions by host...