Abstract:We estimate the bilateral trade balance model of the United States with each of its 12 largest trading partners from South America in order to test both the symmetric and asymmetric J-curve effect. When a linear ARDL model was estimated, we found support for the symmetric J-curve in the U.S. trade balance with Argentina,
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