Date of Award
Summer 8-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Economics & Finance
First Advisor
Dan Biederman
Second Advisor
David Flynn
Third Advisor
Prodosh Simlai
Abstract
A significant amount of concern exists in popular and political culture concerning the effects of trade liberalization on the domestic economy in the U.S. Difficulty exists in isolating the effects of a particular trade agreement due to unrelated trade policy changes that happen preceding, during, and following the signing of an agreement. This research seeks to do an analysis of the big picture involving consumption, income, and employment not with the intent of determining causation, which has proven highly problematic in previous research; instead, the focus is on whether we can exclude a negative effect by NAFTA on these measures of economic well-being in the U.S.
Recommended Citation
Mills, Warren, "The effects of NAFTA on consumption, income, and employment" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 841.
https://commons.und.edu/theses/841