This paper provides a description of some of the empirical regularities for the Mexican business cycle. The purpose is to have a benchmark for assessing dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models for the Mexican case. We follow the Kydland and Prescott methodology to describe the cyclical...

During the last years, Mexico has registered relatively large output falls. The business cycle accounting method of Chari, Kehoe and McGrattan (2007) is applied to the two most recent recessions in Mexico (including the 'Tequila crisis') in order to understand what are the most important wedges...

A partir de las crisis financieras de los últimos años y el creciente desarrollo del sistema financiero, ha surgido la necesidad de entender la relación entre el sector financiero y el sector real de la economía desde una visión integral. Muchos autores han abordado esta relación desde el...