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The structural budget balance: a preliminary estimation for Mexico

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  • Jeronimo Pastor
  • Alejandro Villagomez

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In this article we estimate the structural budget balance for Mexico from 1980 to 2003 using a variation of the methodology proposed by the International Monetary Fund. In addition, we propose a fiscal rule that limits deficits in the structural balance as a percentage of GDP, such as the ones used by the European Union and the Chilean Government amongst others. We also simulate what the conventional balance would have been for Mexico if such a rule would have been implemented in 1980.

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  • Jeronimo Pastor & Alejandro Villagomez, 2007. "The structural budget balance: a preliminary estimation for Mexico," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(12), pages 1599-1607.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:39:y:2007:i:12:p:1599-1607
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840500447856
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    1. Multipliers and the Role of Government
      by Alejandro Villagomez in Tintero Económico Diario on 2009-02-12 04:54:00
    2. Reporte del FMI sobre México y Política Fiscal
      by Alejandro Villagomez in Tintero Económico Diario on 2009-02-14 21:05:00
    3. Déficit Estructural o Ajustado al Ciclo: Ahora la OECD
      by Alejandro Villagomez in Tintero Económico Diario on 2009-08-01 08:05:00
    4. Refinando una Regla de Balance Estructural
      by Alejandro Villagomez in Tintero Económico Diario on 2013-10-28 05:43:00

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    5. Juan Carlos Chávez Martín del Campo & Ricardo Rodríguez Vargas & Felipe de Jesús Fonseca Hernández, 2010. "Vacas gordas y vacas flacas: La Política Fiscal y el Balance Estructural en México, 1990-2009," Department of Economics and Finance Working Papers EC201004, Universidad de Guanajuato, Department of Economics and Finance.

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