This paper describes a GAUSS program that can be used, among other things, to find equilibria for computable general equilibrium models, and fix price equilibria for general non Walrasian models. Simple applications for those two cases, as well as for linear and quadratic programming, are also...

This paper evaluates the indirect tax reforms that took place in México in 1995 and 1998, focusing on their impact on welfare at the household and social levels. The empirical analysis is based on the estimation of an Almost Ideal Demand system, using its correct nonlinear version and by means...

This paper examines the sustainability of the Mexican current account deficit prior to the December 1994 crisis. It tests whether or not the Mexican economy was satisfying its intertemporal budget constraint, and finds that signals of possible trouble without a change in policies were present...