Publications
Books
International Economics, 6e. Boston, MA: Pearson Higher Education.
Fifty Years of Change on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Growth, Development, and the Quality of Life. With Joan Anderson. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. 2008. Winner of the 2008 book award from the Association of Borderlands Studies.
Agriculture and Rural Connections in the Pacific, 1500-1900. Edited by James Gerber and Lei Guang. Volume 13 in the series: The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900. Series Editors, Dennis O. Flynn and Arturo Giráldez. London: Ashgate Publishers. 2006.
Papers and Talks
“The Economic Consequences of Financial Regimes: A New Look at the Banking Policies of Mexico and Brazil, 1890-1910” (with Tom Passananti). Accepted for publication in America Latina en la Historia Económica.
“Income in the border region, 1993-2010.” NAFTA at 20: Effects on the North America Market. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch. June 5-6, 2014.
“20 años de libre comercio entre México y Estados Unidos: ¿Se ha avanzado en la convergencia para el desarrollo humano?” Seminario Integración y Seguridad: Dos dimensiones de las relaciones México-Estados Unidos. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico, March 24, 2014.
“The Euro Crisis and the Mexican Economy,” in La Crisis Financiera Internacional: Efectos sectoriales en México y en su frontera, edited by J.E. Mendoza Cota. Tijuana: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. 2013.
“The Consolidation of Los Cabos as a Growth Pole: Challenges and Opportunities” (with Antonina Ivanova and Reyna Ibáñez) in Los Cabos: Prospective for a Natural and Tourism Paradise, edited by P. Ganster, O. Arizpe C., and A. Ivanova. San Diego: San Diego State University Press. 2012.
“Three things to know about the US-Mexico border.” Talk given to TEDx Tijuana, June 22, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJFxLQCo83U
“Why Isn’t Mexico on China’s Growth Path?” Journal of Globalization, Competitiveness and Governability. Georgetown University. Accepted for publication.
“US Migration to Mexico: Numbers, Issues, and Scenarios” (with Michael Topmiller and Frederick Conway). Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos. v27n1. Winter 2011, pp. 45-71.
“Crisis Global: Origenes y Manifestaciones,” Tres Crisis: Economía, Finanzas, y Medio Ambiente, edited by E. Correa, A. Girón, A. Guillén, y A. Ivanova. Mexico, DF y La Paz, BCS: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitano, Unidad Iztapalapa, and Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. 2011.
“Re-imagining the U.S.-Mexico Border: Policies toward a More Competitive and Sustainable Transborder Region” (with Francisco Lara-Valencia and Carlos de la Parra). Global Economy Journal. v10n4, pp. 1-17. 2010.
"The Gold Rush Origins of California’s Wheat Economy." Forthcoming, America Latina en la Historia Económica. v 34. jul./dic., 2010.
"Is the Downturn in Maquiladora Employment Cyclical or Structural." (With Kusum Mundra.) Indian Growth and Development Review.v3, n1. 21-35. 2010.
American Views of the Border with Mexico. Paper presented to The U.S.-Mexico Border: A Discussion on Sub-National Policy Options, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, June 18, 2009.
Human and Physical Infrastructure along the US Border with Mexico. Developing the U.S.-Mexico Border Region for a Prosperous and Secure Relationship. James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. Bi-national Research Paper. March, 2009.
“Turismo y sustentabilidad en Cabo Pulmo,” Turismo y Sustentabilidad en Cabo Pulmo, BCS, Alba E. Gamez, editor. San Diego State University, Uuniversidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, y Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. 2008.
Two Poles of Tourism: Comparisons of Loreto and Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Loreto: The Future of the Historical Capital of the Californias, Paul Ganster and Antonina Ivanova, editors. San Diego State University Press. 2008.
Border States: California, Texas, and Relations with Mexico. El TLCAN y la Frontera México-Estados Unidos. Jorge Eduardo Mendoza Cota, Coordinador. Mexico, DF: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte y Miguel Ángel Porrúa. 2007.
Research Note: Á Dataset for U.S.-Mexico Border Research, (with Joan Anderson), Journal of Borderlands Studies. v22n2, pp. 113-118. Fall, 2007.
"Import Substitution Industrialization," in Handbook on Commercial Policy, William Kerr and James Gaisford, editors. Edward Elgar: London. 2007.
"Export Promotion," in Handbook on Commercial Policy, William Kerr and James Gaisford, editors. Edward Elgar: London. 2007.
“Introduction: Agricultural and rural linkages in the Pacific, 1500-1900” (with Lei Guang), Agricutural and Rural Linkages in the Pacific, 1500-1900, James Gerber and Lei Guang, editors. Volume 13 in the series: The Pacific World:Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900. Series Editors, Dennis O. Flynn and Arturo Giráldez. London: Ashgate Publishers. 2006.
Teaching about Inequality in Latin America. Latin American Studies Association, Puerto Rico, March 15-18, 2006.
Explaining Low Income and High Unemployment in Imperial County, in Imperial-Mexicali Valleys: Development and Environment of the U.S.-Mexican Border Region. K. Collins, P.Ganster, C. Mason, E.Sánchez Lopez, M. Quintero-Núñez, editors. San Diego State University Press. 2004.
A Human Development Index for the United States-Mexican Border, (with Joan Anderson). Journal of Borderlands Studies. May, 2004.
Are Incomes Converging along the US-Mexico Border? Published as "¿Hay convergencia en de ingresos en la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos?" Comercio Exterior, 53:12. December, 2003.
The Competitiveness Characteristics of the Electronics Maquiladora on Mexico’s Northern Border. (With Jorge Carrillo.) A version of this was published as "Competitividad al debate: la experiencia de las maquiladoras mexicanas," with Jorge Carillo. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Trabajo. v8n16. 2003. pp.7-30.
“Are incomes converging along the US-Mexico border?” Association for Borderlands Studies. Albuquerque. May, 2002.
Why Aren’t All the Maquilas Located in Chiapas? A Re-examination of the Low Labor Cost Hypothesis. Paper for the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD, May 2, 2001.
Shopping on the Border: The Mexican Peso and U.S. Border Communities. Association for Borderlands Studies. Reno, Nevada. April 23, 2001.
Last Update: 9/23/14