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"Community Control in a Global Economy: Lessons from Mexico's Economic Integration Process"

Wise, Tim; Waters, Eliza - EconWPA - 2001

The North American Free Trade Agreement appeared to promise economic growth for Mexico and improved living conditions …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408020

The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Prices in Brazil

Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004

There is very little evidence on the effects of the minimum wage on prices in the international literature and none whatsoever for developing countries. This paper analyzes the effects of the minimum wage on prices using monthly Brazilian household and price data from 1982 to 2000 aggregated at...

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A Menu Of Minimum Wage Variables For Evaluating Wages and Employment Effects: Evidence From Brazil

Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004

The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. Brazil’s minimum wage policy is a distinctive and central feature of the Brazilian economy. Not only are increases in the minimum wage large and frequent but also the minimum wage has been...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076541

Political Variables as Instruments for the Minimum Wage

Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004

The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. In Brazil, not only are increases in the minimum wage large and frequent but also the minimum wage has been used as anti-inflation policy in addition to its social role. This paper estimates...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125721

Policy Reform in Networks Infrastructure: The Case of Mexico

Tovar-Landa, Ramiro - EconWPA - 1997

This paper addresses the recent Mexico experience in the opening to competition in networks infrastructure mainly in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076639

Un Análisis de cointegración con corrección de errores de las Fugas de Capital y la Inestabilidad Política en México , An econometric model of capital flight in Mexico

Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro; Andrade, Cesar Alfredo Olivas - EconWPA - 2005

Resumen El presente estudio se centra en analizar los factores que provocan el éxodo de capital en México, entre los … interés entre México y Estados Unidos y el diferencial en las tasas de inflación México-Estados Unidos. De igual forma, se … México. Asimismo, se plantean los modelos más comunes para la estimación de la fuga de capital aplicados a México. Abstract …

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Restaurant Prices and the Mexican Peso

Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Coronado, Roberto - EconWPA - 2004

Mexican peso. Sample data are from El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A battery of statistical tests indicate that the …

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Short-Run Price Dynamics in Mexico

Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Tinajero, Roberto - EconWPA - 2004

A theoretical model of inflationary dynamics is developed for Mexico. Estimation is carried out using ARIMA transfer … model satisfy standard statistical criteria. Results indicate that prices in Mexico respond relatively quickly to money …

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Inflationary Pressure Determinants in Mexico

Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Calderon, Cuauhtemoc - EconWPA - 2004

A monetary inflation model is augmented to include import prices and wages in a theoretically plausible manner. Empirical analysis is carried out using annual data for the 1970-1997 period. Parameter estimation is completed using a nonlinear ARMAX procedure. In addition to estimating different...

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Monitoring Banking Sector Fragility

Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2002

In the financial crisis literature, it is usually argued that, contrary to the case of currency crises, building a time series index to identify banking crisis episodes is highly difficult, particularly because of the lack of reliable data on banking sector variables (non-performing loans,...

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