What happens when relative costs increase in export processing zones? Technology, regional production networks, and Mexico's Maquiladoras

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2015-2030

  Sargent, John ^a   Matthews, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Export processing zones; Maquiladoras; Mexico

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MAQUILADORA; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PRICE DETERMINATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8844242527     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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