Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26156 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2111
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Latin American countries have lost competitiveness in world markets in comparison to China over the last two decades. The main purpose of this study is to examine the causes of this development. To this end an augmented Ricardian model is estimated using panel data. The explanatory variables considered are productivity, unit labor costs, unit values, trade costs, price levels (in PPP), and real exchange rates in relative terms. Due to data restrictions, China's relative exports (to the US, Argentina, Japan, Korea, UK, Germany, and Spain) will be compared to Mexico's exports for a number of sectors over a period of eleven years. Panel and pooled estimation techniques (SUR-estimation, panel Feasible Generalized Least Squares (panel/pooled FGLS)) will be utilized to better control for country-specific effects (differences between American, Argentinian, Japanese, Korean, German, British, and Spanish markets), cross-section specific (sector-specific) effects, and correlation over time.
JEL: 
C23
F11
F14
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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