TABLE 1 Borderplex Model Variables,
Series,Description
Endogenous variables,
AIRP,U.S. Air Travel Price Index1 (1982–1984 = 100)
ELAFDT,"El Paso International Airport Inbound Freight Shipments (1,000 tons)"
ELAFET,"El Paso International Airport Outbound Freight Shipments (1,000 tons)"
ELAMD,"El Paso International Airport Inbound U.S. Mail (1,000 tons)"
ELAME,"El Paso International Airport Outbound U.S. Mail (1,000 tons)"
ELBAC,Bridge of the Americas Northbound Light Vehicle Traffic (millions)
ELBAT,Bridge of the Americas Northbound Cargo Vehicle Traffic (millions)
ELBAW,Bridge of the Americas Northbound Pedestrian Traffic (millions)
ELBPC,Paso del Norte Northbound Light Vehicle Bridge Traffic (millions)
ELBPW,Paso del Norte Northbound Pedestrian Bridge Traffic (millions)
ELBTC,Total Northbound Light Vehicles (millions)
ELBTT,Total Northbound Cargo Vehicles (millions)
ELBTW,Total Northbound Pedestrians (millions)
ELBYC,Ysleta-Zaragoza Northbound Light Vehicle Bridge Traffic (millions)
ELBYT,Ysleta-Zaragoza Northbound Cargo Vehicle Bridge Traffic (millions)
ELBYW,Ysleta-Zaragoza Northbound Pedestrian Bridge Traffic (millions)
ELAPDD,El Paso International Airport Domestic Passenger Arrivals (thousands)
ELAPDI,El Paso International Airport International Passenger Arrivals (thousands)
ELAPDT,El Paso International Airport Total Passenger Arrivals (thousands)
ELAPED,El Paso International Airport Domestic Passenger Departures (thousands)
ELAPEI,El Paso International Airport International Passenger Departures (thousands)
ELAPET,El Paso International Airport Total Passenger Departures (thousands)
MAILP,U.S. Air Mail Price Index (1996 = 100)
Exogenous variables,
CESTRNPI,"U.S. Consumption Expenditures, Intercity Travel (billion $)"
CJMQM,Ciudad Juárez Maquiladora Employment (thousands)
CJPOP,Ciudad Juárez July 1 Population (thousands)
DV911,"International Bridge Security Dummy Var. = 1 for 2001, 2002, …"
ELBDC,Dedicated Commuter Lane Northbound Light Vehicles (millions)
ELGMP96,El Paso Gross Metropolitan Product (billion 1996 $)
ELPPOP,El Paso July 1 Population (thousands)
ELYWSD,El Paso Wage and Salary Disbursements (million $)
ELYLP,El Paso Labor and Proprietor Earnings (million $)
GDP96,U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (billion 1996 $)
MXREX,"Mexico, Real Exchange Rate Index, Peso/$ (1997 = 100)"
PDCCESTRNPI,U.S. Intercity Chained Travel Deflator (1996 = 100)
PDCGDP,U.S. GDP Chained Price Deflator (1996 = 100)
Equation statistics,
SUM SQ,Error Sum of Squares
STD ERR,Standard Error of Regression
LHS MEAN,Left Hand Side Dependent Variable Sample Mean
R SQ,R-Squared Coefficient of Determination
R BAR SQ,Adjusted R-Squared Coefficient of Determination
F,F Statistic for Joint Slope Coefficient Equality to Zero Hypothesis
DW,Durbin Watson Serial Correlation Statistic for logs 1 (DW(1)) and 2 (DW(2))
H,Durbin H Lagged Dependent Variable Serial Correlation Statistic
"1 This index is the Consumer Price Index Component for Personal Travel. U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States (Washington, DC: Various issues).",