The purpose of this paper is to contrast the Keynesian partial equilibrium framework of the Current Account with the modern intertemporal general equilibrium approach where the Current Account imbalances reflect, and act as a buffer, against both real and monetary shocks. The document will try...

Spanish abstract: Este artículo presenta un modelo de economía pequeña y abierta para estudiar la importancia de los choques a la tasa de interés real en México. La tasa de interés se descompone en dos términos: la tasa de interés internacional y la prima de riesgo país. Las...

Spanish abstract: En el presente trabajo se analiza los ciclos económicos de los países miembros de la Alianza del Pacifico. Se estima el ciclo común de los países miembros de la AP mediante el algoritmo del Filtro de Kalman, y luego se compara con los ciclos económicos de cada país. Los...

This paper analyzes from a long-term perspective, if the performance of the Mexican peso exchange, presents a recurring asymmetric behavior against the US dollar, and if that behavior has an influence on the potential use of financial derivatives by non-financial firms Mexican selected in the...

Between 1986 and 2003 the Argentine risk premium was able to explain, almost alone, the Argentine business cycle. As time went by, the premium lost gradually its explanatory power till losing it all between 2011 and 2019. Meanwhile, a huge increase in public expenditure might have triggered a...

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...