Mercosur: As an Export Platform. The Automotive Industry

The global automotive industry is dominated by a few multinational corporations which design global and regional strategies. If regional strategies prevailed over global ones, the Southern Common Market (mercosur) could become a competitive export platform. This paper reviews the extent to which tra...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor: Arza, Valeria
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2011
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositório:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/194469
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/194469
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Automobile Industry
International Trade
MERCOSUR
Economic Agreements
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Resumo:The global automotive industry is dominated by a few multinational corporations which design global and regional strategies. If regional strategies prevailed over global ones, the Southern Common Market (mercosur) could become a competitive export platform. This paper reviews the extent to which trade agreements covering the automotive industry in mercosur have helped the region develop into a platform for exports to the rest of the world. Bilateral trade data from 1991-2005 and gravity models are used to evaluate trade creation and export market diversification in the automotive industry. The results show that, as of 2005, mercosur agreements had not turned the region into a platform for exports to external markets, although they had contributed to trade creation within the region.