La experiencia mexicana es prueba irrefutable de que la apertura comercial no es suficiente para superar los problemas de una economía. Hay tareas igualmente importantes que deben ser acometidas al mismo tiempo. Estas pasan por la apertura al sector privado de actividades reservadas al Estado....

En este trabajo presentamos una evaluación geográfica de la política de las preparatorias creadas y administradas por el gobierno de la ciudad de México. La revisión teórica y evaluación estadística realizadas nos ha permitido (1) construir relaciones explicativas útiles entre varios...

Although the use of the plutocratic index is, perhaps, an historical convention, it constitutes a misleading target. Our aim is to construct alternative CPI’s for Mexico using the median of the expenditure distribution. Additionally, considering that 42.6% of Mexican people live in poverty...

A recount of the relations between the World Bank and Mexico not only makes for a fascinating lecture, but it also exemplifies the way in which a development bank should and should not behave if it wants to become a trustworthy partner.

El trabajo muestra claramente los importantes rezagos de las telecomunicaciones en México a nivel mundial. Este rezago resta competitividad al país en los mercados internacionales y constituye un freno importante al desarrollo general de la economía mexicana. Ese fenómeno es preocupante, por...

El propósito del capítulo es entender la naturaleza de la pobreza urbana en México. Un mejor entendimiento de la pobreza urbana permitirá analizar y discutir las implicaciones metodológicas de las diferencias entre los indicadores de la pobreza urbana y la rural.

This paper shows that the individual welfare losses due to the exercise of market power in the service sectors are greater in relative terms for the consumers with higher incomes. However, after adding to those results the ones obtained for the case of consumer goods sold in non-competitive...

This paper estimates the distributive and regional effects of firms with market power in the case of Mexico. It presents evidence that the welfare losses due to the exercise of monopoly power are not only significant, but also regressive. Moreover, the losses are different for the urban and...

This paper compares the evolution of income (GDP per capita) with utility derived welfare indices for two Mexican regions from 1992-2000. A methodology is proposed based on implicit true standard of living indices. Results show that welfare dynamics differed between regions and varied...

The belief that individual difference in brand preference or choice behavior are caused by personality differences has not always been supported by empirical research. The experiment on the variety seeking behavior of consumers, discussed in this paper argues that although consumers are seeking...