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Examines whether NAFTA will produce increased or decreased wages in the regional trading blocs emerging in Europe, North America, and East Asia as a result of its uniting of high and low wage areas and identifies the winners and losers in various labor markets.

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Author:   Richard S. Belous ,  Jonathan Lemco
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780791425695

ISBN 10:   079142569
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   10 August 1995
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Malcolm R. Lovell, Jr., Dieter Dettke, and Paul H.Boeker Acknowledgments About the Editors About the Authors NAFTA as a Model of Development: The Benefits and Costs of Merging High- and Low-Wage Areas by Richard S. Belous and Jonathan Lemco Editors Part I. Setting the Stage 1. The NAFTA Development Model of Combining High- and Low-Wage Areas: An Introduction by Richard S. Belous and Jonathan Lemco Part II. Implications of the NAFTA for Wages and Investment 2. The NAFTA and Wage Convergence: A Case of Winners and Losers by Clark W. Reynolds 3. The NAFTA, a Social Charter, and Economic Growth by Harley Shaiken 4. The NAFTA's Winners and Losers: A Focus on Investment by Isaac Cohen 5. The NAFTA and Downward Wage Pressure by Richard Rothstein 6. Dynamic Integration, Foreign Investment, and Open Regionalism in the NAFTA and the Americas by Van R. Whiting, Jr. Part III. Implications of the NAFTA for Development 7. Expanding the NAFTA? From Early Pan-Americanism to Hemispheric Economic Integration by Joseph Grunwald 8. The NAFTA and Developing Countries by Sidney Weintraub 9. Dynamic Gains from Intra-regional Trade in Latin America by Rudolf M. Buitelaar Part IV. Mexican Perspectives 10. A Critical View of a NAFTA Including Mexico by Adolfo Aguilar Zinser 11. The NAFTA: A Mexican Search for Development by Gustavo del Castillo V. 12. Mexican Economic Development and the NAFTA by Daniel Szabo 13. Mexico's Interests and the NAFTA by Jorge Bustamante Part V. Canadian Perspectives 14. Canada's Interests and the NAFTA by Ronald Wonnacott 15. The Development Impact of the NAFTA: A Canadian Perspective by Ann Weston Part VI. Industry and Labor Perspectives 16. Global Trends and the Impact on Business in Latin America in the 1990s by John D. Tessier 17. A Labor Perspective on the NAFTA by William C. Doherty 18. The Sector Advisory Process and the NAFTA by Eugene W. Zeltmann 19. Trade Liberalization and Mexico by Juan de Nigris Part VII. Regional Trading Blocs, Social Policies, and Cross-Border Constituencies 20. Can the EC Social Charter Be a Model for the NAFTA? by Reiner Hoffmann 21. The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations and the NAFTA by Cathryn L. Thorup Index

Reviews

Appropriate for general audiences as well as for classes in economic development, political economy, and North American integration, this book could also be useful for courses in international economics because it describes so many important theoretical concerns. Most appealing is the explicit attention paid to NAFTA as the first major attempt at freer trade and investment between countries at such widely different stages of development. -- Sarah Stevens, St. Lawrence University The book provides an excellent introduction to the debate of economic integration and its benefits as a model for development. It supplies a good overview of both negative and positive reactions to NAFTA, with about a third of the contributors in favor, a third neutral, and a third against. It is an evenhanded compilation of views on the subject by academics, business, and labor. -- Gilbert R. Winham, Dalhousie University

Author Information

Richard S. Belous is Vice President and Chief Economist at the National Planning Association and Adjunct Professor at George Washington University. Jonathan Lemco is Executive Director of the In ternational Center for Family Enterprise, a Senior Fellow at the National Planning Association, and Adjunct Professor for Political Science at Johns Hopkins University-SAIS.

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