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; I will be examining the changes in the mango market between the US and Mexico. I will be looking at the price and imports/exports of mangos in Mexico and the US before and after NAFTA and see the effect on these two countries.In 1994 NAFTA drastically changed the economies in North America; I will be examining the changes in the mango market between the US and Mexico. I will be looking at the price and imports/exports of mangos in Mexico and the US before and after NAFTA and see the effect on these two countries. Examining these goods will help me understand benefits and challenges NAFTA had with fruits and vegetables but more specifically mangos. Additionally, I want to see which country has the comparative advantage and absolute advantage in mangos. This is my thesis now u must write a paper on this. Attached are documents and a guide on what my paper needs.

Rough Draft Instructions

We are expecting a 10-15 page rough draft of your paper that contains the following:

1. Introduction: Write a clear introduction describing the trade issue you have chosen, and how you plan to analyze it.
   1. Discuss the economic variables you plan to analyze (remember we want to see you study at least two variables in addition to exports/imports, and three variables would be better).
   2. Discuss why you think these variables are interesting/appropriate to study for your trade issue (this should be why a person interested in economics should be interested, not why you personally are interested – one way to do this is to mention the amount of imports/exports of the good in dollar amounts).
   3. Finally make sure to include your thesis statement in your introduction.

2. Related Literature: Succinctly and clearly discuss related papers that have studied a similar trade issue or policy. Note these papers do not have to be the same good you are studying as part of the same trade agreement/policy but can include similar goods as part of the same trade agreement, or the same good that you are studying but part of a different trade agreement. We expect you to reference at least 3 papers from an economic journal, and to comment how your paper is similar and will be different from what was previously done.

1. Take a look at the related literature section in Rauh (2010), from the economics journal article summaries. Notice how she gives very short summaries of the papers (no more than a sentence or two), and then comments how her paper will add to what has been done before. We expect to see something of this manner.
2. Cite the papers in your text as Rauh (2010) does. It is not acceptable to write, “ I found a paper that did X,Y,Z….”

3. Theoretical Analysis: What theories that you have learned about in class will your project be applicable to? What would your thesis imply for these theories?
   1. Remember to be specific. If your theory of trade is comparative advantage, then you should argue that country X has the comparative advantage in producing Y, and thus after the introduction of the free-trade agreement you expect to see county X export more of good Y. Then explain what you would expect to see for your other variables such as production, employment or wage (i.e. would production, employment or wage increases in the country with the comparative advantage).

4. Empirical Analysis: There are 3 parts to the empirical analysis:
   1. Data: Tell us about the data you have collected to write your paper. In, particular, what variables do you have data for, and what years do they cover? Where did you obtain the data? Make a table that summarizes your variables. See the example summary statistics table below.

1. Analysis: Write down the regression equation that you will estimate to test your hypothesis. Very clearly describe your equation, and what the key coefficients will be (take a look at Rauh (2010), and how she describes her regression equations in equation 1 and 2).

1. Results: Make a table of your regression results. You cannot simply copy and past the STATA table!! See the example Regression Table below. Describe what the relevant coefficients mean (again, take a look at Rauh (2010), and on her page 139 how see describes the results). Then describe what your results mean for your theory of trade. Do they support the theory? If not, why do you think that is the case?

5. Conclusion: Succinctly summarize your paper. What was your main question? What were you main findings? What do your finding imply for the theory of trade that you chose to study?

6. Bibliography: List the references and data that you use. Any style is fine as long as you are consistent.

1. Note that links and titles are not an appropriate bibliography
2. If you are unsure how to set up your bibliography take a look at Rauh (2010).

Example Summary Statistics Table

Table 1: Summary Statistics: Exports of Good Y Between US and Mexico

Example Regression Table:

Table 2: Regression Results: Exports of Good Y to Mexico Measured in US Dollars

Robust standard errors in parentheses

*** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1

Example of writing up regression coefficients

To empirically examine the impact of NAFTA on the exports of good Y, I estimate the following equation using ordinary least squares (OLS):

where Exports denotes the dollar value of exports of good Y from the US to Mexico, Year is a linear time trend, and NAFTA is a dummy variable equal to one after the introduction of NAFTA in 1994.

Table 2 presents the estimation results of estimating equation.  The coefficient on NAFTA in column (1) of Table 2, indicates that after the introduction of NAFTA the amount of exports of good Y from the US to Mexico increased by $1,273 dollars, however the size of the change in exports is not statistically significant. This result indicates that the introduction of NAFTA did not increase the amount of exports of good Y from the US to Mexico.