This exercise estimates the level of competitiveness for the 32 federal states of Mexico taking into account production, productivity, employment and wages in 82 activities representing 95% of total GNP. There are two types of Mexican states in respect of economic performance. The competitive...

This exercise estimates the level of competitiveness for the 32 federal states of Mexico taking into account production, productivity, employment and wages in 82 activities representing 95% of total GNP. There are two types of Mexican states in respect of economic performance. The competitive...

In this paper we estimate the competitiveness of the Región Bajío. The overall assessment is that Bajío lacks competitiveness, lagging in both labor productivity and wage levels (a proxy of human capital). However, there are heterogeneous competitive conditions. Only three of the cities and...

This paper explores the influences of financial deepening on growth and its volatility. Following a review of the theoretical literature that has attempted to explain these relationships, the paper presents time series evidence for the cases of Mexico and the US. The results suggest that, in the...

This paper investigates empirically the relationship between inflation, inflation volatility and output growth in the case of México using monthly data over the period 1993-2011. Specifically a bivariate GARCH-M model is estimated to test the hypotheses that inflation rates are directly related...

In this paper we study the process of economic growth and convergence in Central America over the period 1960-2000. We specify a dynamic panel data model with fixed effects and evaluate the impact of the factors typically considered in the empirical growth literature, including human capital and...

We estimate a small-scale macro model for the Mexican economy under the New Keynesian framework. We then estimate alternative interest rate rules for Mexico, and use the results from both exercises to evaluate the performance of the Bank of Mexico against a set of optimality principles derived...

This paper explores the influences of financial deepening on growth and its volatility. Following a review of the theoretical literature that has attempted to explain these relationships, the paper presents time series evidence for the cases of Mexico and the US. The results suggest that, in the...