This paper studies the transmission of crime shocks to the economy in a sample of 32 Mexican states over the period from 1993 to 2012. The paper uses a panel structural VAR approach which accounts for the heterogeneity of the dynamic state level responses in GDP, FDI and international migration...

A new edition of a book first published in Bogotá, this English edition is a crucial addition to the literature on Latin American business history for a wider English-speaking audience, and it will be of interest to business and economic historians generally. Essays are included by leading...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Neoliberal Transformation of Mexico -- 2. Theorizing Neoliberalism -- 3. Neoliberalism and the Transnational Activity of the State -- 4. Tracing the Trail of Table Grapes -- 5. Maize and Indigenous Communities of Oaxaca -- 6. Disjuncture between Economic...