Resumen

CUEVAS-AHUMADA, Víctor Manuel. Determinants of manufacture exports in Argentina and Mexico: a comparative study. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.35, pp.121-159. ISSN 2448-6183.

In this work we evaluate some determinants of manufacturing exports in Argentina and Mexico; to do so, two econometric methods are used: regression analysis, on the one side, and multivariate time series, on the other. A relevant finding is that in both nations, independently from the utilized econometric technique, labor productivity and external demand significantly influence on the referred exportations. The effects from other variables depend on the analyzed country and/or used econometric methodology; likewise, evidence suggests that a program of stimuli to labor productivity not only would increase exports to a larger extent than an actual exchange rate depreciation, but also would counteract the negative effects of an international recession.

Palabras llave : manufacturing exportations; labor productivity; econometric analysis; Argentina; Mexico.