Retail petroleum markets in Mexico are on the cusp of a historic deregulation. For decades, all 11,000 gasoline … regulated retail prices. This industry structure is changing, however, as part of Mexico's broader energy reforms aimed at … gasoline and diesel. In this paper, we provide an economic perspective on Mexico's nascent deregulation. Although in many ways …

only to describe the contracting practices of US and Canadian franchisors in Mexico but, most importantly, to compare them … agreements in Mexico compared to their home market. Our empirical results confirm hypotheses derived from the theories …, particularly with respect to the decision to operate in Mexico. But we also find some surprises - for example, the vast majority of …

Variance decompositions of the Mexico-United States real exchange rate are examined using monthly data on consumer … tradable goods and nominal exchange rates holds only in periods in which Mexico was not under a regime of exchange …-rate management. In periods in the sample in which Mexico had a managed exchange-rate regime, the variability of prices of non …