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A Specific Factor Model of FTAA and North Carolina Textile and Apparel Industries

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  • Mostafa Malki
  • Henry Thompson
  • Osei-Agyeman Yeboah

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Textile and apparel industries in the US face import competition that promises to increase under the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The present paper utilizes a specific factors model of production and trade to predict the potential impact of FTAA on the textile and apparel industries in North Carolina. Income is redistributed across six labor skill groups in North Carolina, and returns to capital in textiles and apparel fall as does output. In spite of falling prices for textiles and apparels, the model predicts higher wages based on rising prices of other products.

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  • Mostafa Malki & Henry Thompson & Osei-Agyeman Yeboah, 2009. "A Specific Factor Model of FTAA and North Carolina Textile and Apparel Industries," International Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(2), pages 227-236.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:intecj:v:23:y:2009:i:2:p:227-236
    DOI: 10.1080/10168730902903375
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    Cited by:

    1. Sheng Lu, 2018. "What Will Happen to the US Textile and Apparel Industry if the NAFTA Goes?," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, vol. 12(2), pages 113-137, May.
    2. Lin, Yu-Hsuan, 2021. "A classroom experiment on the specific factors model," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 37(C).
    3. Osei-Agyeman Yeboah & Nicholas Mensah Amoah & Shaibu Fuseini & Issah Sugri, 2023. "The Impact of the Local Green Economy of Ghana: A General Equilibrium Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(23), pages 1-11, November.

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    FTAA; textiles; apparels;
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