explore empirically these issues using household data covering nine episodes from four Latin American countries (Brazil …, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru). They find that in these countries standard CPI inflation typically reflects the inflation rate …

Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Costs include investment banking and legal fees, regulatory and exchange listing costs, rating … Chile from a transaction cost perspective, over the past decade most firms have used bonds rather than shares to raise …

examine whether the PROGRESA program of Mexico affects adult participation in the labor market and overall adult leisure time …

"Mexico experienced a pronounced increase in the degree of inequality and earnings inequality over the 1980s and mid …