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What Happens When Relative Costs Increase in Export Processing Zones? Technology, Regional Production Networks, and Mexico’s Maquiladoras

John Sargent, Linda Matthews

World Development · 2004 · 44 citations · 21 references

Concepts

Social SciencesBusiness EconomicsEconomicsEconomic GeographyInternational TradeRegional EconomicsEconomies Of ScaleExport Processing ZonesInternational Production NetworksProducer TheoryProduction TheoryRegional Industrial StructureProduction CostsRegional Production NetworksRegional Production SystemsRegional Trade NetworksRelative Unit Labor CostsTechnology Differences

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