On Fri, 27 Jan 1995, Ted Kuster wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good resource (in English or Spanish)
> on the Mexican steel industry? I've got an assignment from a
> steel trade publication to look into the consequences of
> privatization, NAFTA and economic collapse for steel in Mexico,
> and like a true American reporter I am starting out quite clueless.
> All hints appreciated. -- Ted Kuster, or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
I don't have any sources off-hand. But the question does remind me of a
nice story. A few years back, as I remember, there was a graduate student
here at the University of Texas who was writing his dissertation with
David Kendrick. The subject was a planning model for the steel industry
in Mexico. Once the model was built and running, the student, just for
grins, used it to see what would be the best strike strategy for the
steelworkers to shut down the whole industry. I don't think that little
exercize got into the dissertation, but it was one of the only examples
I've heard of mathematical sectoral models being put to good use.
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