The Mexican intertemporal budget constraint: Persistent signals of an eventual collapse

José A. Núñez and Carlos Urzúa

EGAP Working Papers from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México

Abstract: This paper examines the sustainability of the Mexican current account deficit prior to the December 1994 crisis. It tests whether or not the Mexican economy was satisfying its intertemporal budget constraint, and finds that signals of possible trouble without a change in policies were present long before the crisis. The tests used are based on the Wickens-Uctum criterion for the sustainability of current account deficits, extended to include the case of possible interventions.

Keywords: Mexican crisis; sustainability; Mexican current account deficit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F32 F37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-10
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Published in Estudios Económicos, 1996, vol. 11, pp. 167-180.

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