Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5084032 | International Review of Economics & Finance | 2010 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The Doha round and full integration of the textile industry into the GATT have the potential to dramatically affect the Mexican textile industry. This study investigates the nature of scale economies and input relationships for that industry using a cost function with capital, labor, domestic intermediate goods, and imported intermediate goods as inputs. The findings suggest that significant economies of scale exist, and that most inputs are substitutes, although for some years some inputs are complements. Increased domestic input sensitivity to the price of foreign inputs may present challenges for the industry as it struggles to be internationally competitive.
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Authors
Lila J. Truett, Dale B. Truett,