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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2012)
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Deep vs. Shallow Integration. The Case of NAFTA and Mercosur

Published:
June 18, 2012
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2012/1/5
Authors
Diana Balkay,
Laszlo Erdey
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Keywords
intra-industry trade regional integrations Mercosur NAFTA
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Balkay, D., & Erdey, L. (2012). Deep vs. Shallow Integration. The Case of NAFTA and Mercosur. Competitio, 11(1), 68-82. https://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2012/1/5
Abstract

Integration processes began in the 1960s and have become increasingly intense, bringing with them a growing share of intra-industry trade flows in international trade. According to the Smooth Adjustment Hypothesis (SAH), trade between similar industries or products results in lower adjustment costs in the factor markets. Due to the liberalizing effect of trade integrations trade flows intensify, causing an increase in intra-industry trade flows and consequently a decrease in adjustment costs at the same time. The alteration of trade patterns can be caused by changes both in quantity and in quality. Analyzing these effects separately allows us to better understand the trade policy practices of the chosen countries and to provide the decision makers with information.
In this paper we analyze NAFTA and Mercosur, two integrations which differ both in factor endowments and in depth of integration (deep vs. shallow). We used SITC Rev. 1 AG3 (industrial level) and HS92 AG6 (product level) bilateral trade data from the UN COMTRADE database to analyze the evolution of intra-industry trade flows.

Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classifications: F13, F14, F15

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