This paper evaluates to what extent the end-of-sample problem inherent to the Hodrick-Prescott (HP) filter may be ameliorated when estimating the output gap. For that purpose, the filter of St-Amant and van Norden (1997) is proposed using Mexican data under both univariate and multivariate...

The paper estimates average effective tax rates on consumption, labor and capital income for Mexico, using the method of Mendoza et al. (1994) and related extensions, including two novel refinements. On average, it is found that consumption taxes are roughly between 7 and 14%, whereas labor and...

An ARCH (Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity) model is used to obtain the variances over time for the real exchange rata (RER) (peso/dollar) in Mexico. Then a model is constructed to establish the relationship between the RER variability and exports and Mexican GDP, respectively. A...

Los intermediarios financieros desempeñan, indudablemente, un papel fundamental en las economías modernas. Representan el vínculo entre prestatarios y prestamistas, participan activamente en el mercado de activos financieros, afectan la oferta monetaria, la inversión y, por ende, el...

El mercado financiero en una economía abierta está, sin duda, estrechamente relacionado con la cuenta corriente. En particular, si el mercado bursátil es ineficiente, entonces un déficit en cuenta corriente financiado fuertemente con inversión extranjera en cartera se convierte en motivo de...