Mexican Government's Banks offer loan guarantees to private banks in order to spur credit directed to non-financial small and medium sized firms and this policy is examined here. Application of representative data to the comparative static analysis of the guarantee-use decision suggests that...

This paper evaluates, under a descriptive approach if, by means of their loan guarantee programs, the Mexican government-owned financial institutions have succeeded in promoting the private banks credit supply to targeted segments of private businesses; fostered the granting of loans that help...

This paper compares the effects of a set of factors that influence the interest rate margins charged on loans granted by commercial and development banks to private businesses in Mexico. Our database comprises more than 330 000 records of outstanding loans on December 2007. By means of WLS and...

This paper compares the effects of a set of factors that influence the interest rate margins charged on loans granted by commercial and development banks to private businesses in Mexico. Our database comprises more than 330 000 records of outstanding loans on December 2007. By means of WLS and...

This paper evaluates, under a descriptive approach if, by means of their loan guarantee programs, the Mexican government-owned financial institutions have succeeded in promoting the private banks credit supply to targeted segments of private businesses; fostered the granting of loans that help...