A test of purchasing power parity: Texas Border retail trade and the value of the Peso 1976–1987

Savage, V. Howard; Blankmeyer, Eric

doi:10.1080/08865655.1990.9695387

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“…If Mexican and U.S. relative incomes change, if inflation rates diverge, or if the dollar-peso exchange rate changes, one could expect the pattern of cross-border shopping to change as a result. Evidence that economic conditions in Mexico influence both border and general trade is provided by Savage and Blankmeyer (1990) and Sawyer and Sprinkle (1986), both in reference to the 1982 Mexican economic crisis.…”

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“…Whatever the cause, there is evidence that retail trading in the border MSAs is different from retail trading in the non-border MSAs. In their study, Savage and Blankmeyer (1990) calculated location quotients 1 for several categories of retail sales in the border region. An extreme example of the border effect was evident when they found that the 1981 location quotient for apparel trade in Laredo, Texas, was 10.63, indicating that (Table 3) for sources.…”

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“…The categories are total retail sales, clothing and accessory sales, grocery store sales, and furniture and home furnishings sales. The latter three categories were identified by Savage and Blankmeyer (1990) as being attractive to typical Mexican shoppers. By examining Table 2, several things become apparent.…”

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Retail Trade on the U.S.‐Mexico Border During the NAFTA Implementation Era

Adkisson¹,

Zimmerman²

2004

Growth and Change

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When NAFTA was implemented in 1994, there was a general expectation that it would hurt U.S. retailers along the U.S.-Mexico border. This paper asks whether there was a significant change in the pattern of retail trade in border MSAs in the years surrounding NAFTA's implementation. Data from MSAs in the four border states are analyzed. After controlling for other potential influences on retail trade, there remained a statistically significant change in the pattern of retail trade between 1992 and 1997. The changes cannot be unquestionably attributed to NAFTA but do suggest that NAFTA had a negative influence on retail sales on the U.S. side of the border. Copyright 2004 Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky..

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Retail Trade on the U.S.‐Mexico Border During the NAFTA Implementation Era

Adkisson¹,

Zimmerman²

2004

Growth and Change

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“…During the 1970s, the Mexican economy was expanding rapidly, the peso was overvalued rela tive to the dollar, and energy prices were high. Among other things, these factors led to greatly increased economic activity, especially in retail and wholesale trade (Savage and Blankmeyer 1990), along the border.…”

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Income distribution along the United States Border with Mexico: 1970-1990

Peach

1997

Journal of Borderlands Studies

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This article examines income inequality along the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexican border region in the context of national trends toward greater income inequality. The focus is on two questions. First, is there a greater or lesser degree of inequality in the border counties than in the border states or the nation? Second, what ch anges in income distribution have occurred in the border region in recent decades? Data from three U.S. censuses are used together with various measures of distribution to address these questions. Among the conclusions reached are: (1) income inequality in the border counties is generally greater than in either the border states or the nation; (2) there was some improvement in border county income inequality in the 1970s while the reverse was the case in the 1980s; and (3) the results are not particularly sensitive to the choice of statistical measure of distribution.

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“…Additionally, there is an asymmetric relationship between the border and non-border U.S. regions. Savage and Blankmeyer (1990) point out that income in the border region has traditionally lagged behind that of the U.S. average, thus increases in employment are more likely in relatively low-wage industries such as services and retail.…”

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NAFTA or Nada? Trade's Impact on U.S. Border Retailers

Ford

Logan

2009

Growth and Change

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The extensive debate over trade liberalization policies in the United States holds a general consensus that some industries will benefit while others will not. This paper explores the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on U.S. retailers in states located along the border with Mexico. Overall, the impact of trade on U.S. border retailers has been beneficial. However, the results demonstrate that retailers in the region are vulnerable to exchange rate fluctuations and other macroeconomic influences that change the relative price ratio between the United States and Mexico. Furthermore, retailers in metropolitan statistical areas that have a relatively high concentration of retail sector employment are more susceptible to these changes. Copyright (c) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc..

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A test of purchasing power parity: Texas Border retail trade and the value of the Peso 1976–1987

Cited by 9 publications

References 3 publications

Retail Trade on the U.S.‐Mexico Border During the NAFTA Implementation Era

Retail Trade on the U.S.‐Mexico Border During the NAFTA Implementation Era

Income distribution along the United States Border with Mexico: 1970-1990

NAFTA or Nada? Trade's Impact on U.S. Border Retailers

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