Using Disaggregated Data to Dissect the U.S. Trade Deficit
Alterman, William (1995), "Using Disaggregated
Data to Dissect the U.S. Trade Deficit," Papers and
Proceedings - Tenth Annual Meeting, Korea-America Economic
Association
For the past decade there has been a continuing concern over
the ongoing massive U.S. trade deficit, as well as related
questions regarding America's ability to "compete"
internationally and the consequent impact on American jobs and
wages. Economists and politicians alike have debated the
origination, magnitude and proper resolution of this problem.
Indeed this was a frequently argued topic in the 1992
Presidential election. More recently these issues have been
raised as part of the controversy over the North American Free
Trade Agreement. Economists, in particular, have contributed to
the debate by attempting to identify and quantify the factors
which first caused the U.S. trade deficit to increase sharply and
then allowed it to persist throughout the 1980s.
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