This paper analyzes the technical efficiency in the Mexican manufacturing sector in which determinants and changes of … the efficiency since NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) are studied using the Panel Data Stochastic Frontier …), which panel data information allow us to model the efficiency performance of firms in the period 1994-2001. Our main …

This exercise estimated competitiveness for the 32 federal states of Mexico taking into account production … international economy, and comprise mature states as Nuevo León, DF, Querétaro, Estado de México, Jalisco, border states and …

In Mexico, as in most Latin American countries with indigenous populations, it is commonly believed that European …

Mexico is a highly centralized federation. The states and municipalities are highly dependent on federal transfers and … so equally at risk to the country’s fiscal dependence on oil. Although Mexico has become more truly federal since … paper we discuss measures to promote Pemex’ development in the context of Mexico’s federal system, such as: (i) the …

gasoline tax incidence may be progressive in Mexico and, more generally, in LDCs. …

that there is a correlation between business openings and murder rates in Mexico. I conclude that the war on drugs is …