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Structural change and technology in the manufacturing sector
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Mexico’s Growing Role in the Auto Industry Under NAFTA: Who Makes What and What Goes Where
In this article, we explore the impact of NAFTA on Mexico?s motor vehicle industry?specifically, on Mexico?s integration into North America?s automotive industry and the subsequent increase in intra-industry trade in automobiles.5 The auto industry has undergone dramatic changes over the past 20-plus years. First, we provide a brief summary of the history of auto production and related trade policies in Mexico before NAFTA. Then we provide a detailed analysis of Mexico?s light vehicle production and exports from 1990 through 2016. Our analysis shows how Mexico has become an integral part of ...
Journal Article
Reversal of fortune: understanding the Midwest recovery
Has the Midwest been good or lucky in its recent recovery? In this article, the authors assess the internal and external factors that have contributed to the revival of midwestern economic fortunes over the last decade.
Journal Article
Detroit back from the brink? auto industry crisis and restructuring 2008–11
While it is hard to say how much of the current auto sector recovery is attributable to government intervention, the ensuing restructuring of the Detroit Three has substantially changed the industry in the U.S.
Journal Article
From tail fins to hybrids: How Detroit lost its dominance of the U.S. auto market
This article explores the decline of the Detroit Three (Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors). The author identifies three distinct phases of the decline?the mid-1950s to 1980, 1980 to 1996, and 1996 to 2008?culminating in the bankruptcies of Chrysler and General Motors in 2009. In showing how the U.S. auto industry has evolved since the mid-1950s, this article provides a historical frame of reference for the ongoing debate about the future of this industry.
Journal Article
The geographic evolution of the U.S. auto industry (pt. 2)
The authors examine changes in the footprint of the auto industry in the United States, starting in 1980 and tracking them through 2003. Their formal analysis of assembly and supplier plant locations traces the reorientation of the auto region from one that extends east?west to one that stretches north?south over this period. To accommodate the large size of the file and the number of illustrations, the article has been divided into two smaller files.