This paper explores the qualitative and quantitative implications of taxation for growth and savings in three Latin … American countries: Brazil, Chile and Mexico, studying a small open economy in the context of an endogenous growth model where … capital at a considerably lower rate than at present. Consumption should be heavily taxed in Brazil and Mexico and optimal …

Despite Mexico’s recent remarkable progress in adjusting its fiscal and external accounts and in restructuring its … economy, the recovery of growth has remained elusive. This paper reviews some aspects of Mexico’s recent performance and … among the factors that have contributed most to delaying the private sector’s investment response and preventing a …

Capital markets facilitate capital growth by mobilizing savings and converting them into investments, and they are … therefore a stimulant of economic growth. There is evidence that countries with high savings rates tend to grow faster. Although …

corporate net lending determinants. We disentangle the effects of the profit share on corporate saving and investment and …