Factores Determinantes para las Exportaciones del Sector Automotriz en México, 1993-2017.

The Automotive Sector is one of the most important worldwide, in recent years it has had an important relevance for its high contribution in the economic development of Mexico, it is also the first generator of foreign exchange, it is an important generator of direct jobs, and it is the main recipient of foreign direct investment. It is observed that Mexico is among the most prominent countries in the production and export of automobiles; therefore it becomes the seventh largest producer and fourth largest exporter of automobiles worldwide. The main objective was to find the positive relationship between the variables infrastructure, investment, exchange rate and human capital with exports of the automotive sector in Mexico for the period 1993-2017. The causality study is also carried out by applying the Granger causality test (1969), in order to study whether there is a causal relationship between the variables. As a result of the causality tests, it was found that there is a two-way causality relationship of the exchange rate towards exports of the automotive sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]