INVESTIGADORES
ARZA Valeria
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
MERCOSUR: as an export platform. The automotive industry
Autor/es:
ARZA, VALERIA
Lugar:
Montevideo
Reunión:
Workshop; Inserción internacional, competitividad e integración.; 2008
Institución organizadora:
Departamento de Economía. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Universidad de la República
Resumen:
The global automotive industry is dominated by few MNCs, which design global and regional strategies. If regional strategies were prioritised, MERCOSUR could competitively become an export platform. This paper measures whether this was achieved. We use bilateral trade data from 1991-2005 to evaluate trade creation and market diversification of the industry using gravity models. Results show that MERCOSUR agreements did not yet convert the region into an export platform for extra-bloc markets, although they genuinely created trade within the region.
