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El papel de la tasa de interés real en el ciclo económico de México

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  • Antón, Arturo

    (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas)

  • Villegas, Alan

    (Bank for International Settlements.)

Abstract

This paper presents a small open economy model to study the role of real interest rate shocks in Mexico. The interest rate is divided in two terms: an international rate and a country risk premia. Simulations show that the model with endogenous risk premia is able to explain several stylized facts at business cycle frequencies. Counterfactual analysis suggests that output volatility could be lowered by approximately 30 percent if interest rate shocks are eliminated, especially due to its country risk premia component. In the absence of such shocks, cyclical output and consumption would have fallen by 2 and 4.5 percent during the 1994-1995 recession, in sharp contrast with the falls of 12 and 16 observed in the data.// 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 simulaciones muestran que el modelo con prima de riesgo país endógena es capaz de explicar varios hechos estilizados del ciclo económico. El análisis contrafactual sugiere que la eliminación de los choques a la tasa de interés real reduciría la volatilidad del PIB en alrededor de una tercera parte, debido principalmente a la eliminación de los choques a la prima de riesgo país. En ausencia de dichos choques, las caídas del componente cíclico del PIB y del consumo durante la recesión de 1994-1995 habrían sido sólo de 2 y 4.5%, en contraste con las caídas de 12 y 16% observadas en los datos.

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  • Antón, Arturo & Villegas, Alan, 2013. "El papel de la tasa de interés real en el ciclo económico de México," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(320), pages .773-803, octubre-d.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:80:y:2013:i:320:p:773-803
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v80i320.103
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    Keywords

    riesgo país; crisis del Tequila; ciclos económicos de economías emergentes.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • F32 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics

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