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Regulated expansion of electricity transmission networks: the effects of fluctuating demand and wind generation
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2011)
We study the performance of different regulatory approaches for the expansion of electricity transmission networks in the light of realistic demand patterns and fluctuating wind power. In particular, we are interested in ...
Gobierno como promotor del cambio tecnológico: Un modelo de crecimiento endógeno con trabajo, dinero y deuda
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2010)
En el marco de una economía monetaria con trabajo y deuda (pública y privada) se estudia el efecto que tiene la participación del gobierno como impulsor del desarrollo tecnológico. A través de un modelo de crecimiento ...
Estimating the effects of formality on Mexican informal microfirms: a joint multivariate approach
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2013)
In this article we use a multivariate framework to estimate net profits and levels of capital and labor for informal Mexican microfirms had they been formal. We estimate a Roy model to simultaneously model three different ...
El problema al final de la muestra en la estimación de la brecha del producto
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2010)
El documento evalúa en qué medida se puede aminorar el problema de estimación al final de la muestra inherente al filtro Hodrick-Prescott (HP) para el cálculo de la brecha del PIB. Para ello, se propone el filtro de St-Amant ...
Markets vs. government foreign direct investment and industrialization in Malaysia
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2011)
This paper examines the changing role or fovernment and foreign firms in Malaysia’s industrialization process. Economists have held different views on the role of government in industrialization. Some believed that the ...
Social protection programs and employment: the case of Mexico’s Seguro Popular program
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2013)
Mexico created Seguro Popular in 2002 with the goal of providing free or subsidized health insurance coverage to 47 million uninsured people by the year 2013. Hence, one unintended consequence of the program could be an ...
Pobreza, desigualdad y aprovechamiento de recursos naturales: aproximaciones metodológicas desde la economía
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2015)
This document describes some of the methodologies used in economics to analyze the relationship between use of natural resources, poverty and inequality. Data from a representative sample of rural households from the ...
Real exchange rate and foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Ssme empirical results
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2012)
Despite the well acknowledged importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) and efforts of sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries at attracting it, the region remains the least destination for FDI globally. Of course, several ...
Who runs against the incumbent? Candidate entry decisions
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2010)
This paper offers an explanation for the common observation that political incumbents not only frequently win reelection, but often face weak competition or no competition at all when running for reelection. I explain this ...
Financial development and growth volatility: time series evidence for Mexico and the United States
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2012)
This paper explores the influences of financial deepening on growth and its
volatility. Following a review of the theoretical literature that has attempted
to explain these relationships, the paper presents time series ...