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<journal-id>0186-7202</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Estudios Económicos (México, D.F.)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Estud. Econ. (México, D.F.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-7202</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[El Colegio de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0186-72022015000200183</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[On the variety of Mexico's export goods]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ito]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tadashi]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Institute of Developing Economies  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Japan</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>183</fpage>
<lpage>218</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-72022015000200183&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-72022015000200183&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-72022015000200183&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper examines the evolution of the variety of Mexico&#8217;s export goods using disaggregated trade data. Both the econometric estimation analyses using the raw data and the one using an improved version of Feenstra and Kee&#8217;s (2004, 2007) methodology proposed in this paper show that NAFTA membership does not enhance the variety of Mexico&#8217;s export goods. This finding contrasts with NAFTA&#8217;s positive association with the increase in export variety found in the literature.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se examina la evolución de la variedad de las exportaciones de bienes de México con datos desagregados de comercio. Tanto los resultados de las estimaciones basadas en los datos sin procesar, como aquellos obtenidos con base en datos procesados de acuerdo con la versión mejorada de la metodología de Feenstra y Kee (2004, 2007), que se propone en este artículo, indican que el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) no ha provocado un aumento de la variedad de los productos exportados por México. Este resultado contrasta con la asociación positiva entre el TLCAN y la variedad exportadora encontrada en trabajos previos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[variedad de las exportaciones de bienes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[NAFTA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[export goods variety]]></kwd>
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