Financialization in Mexico: trajectory and limits

This article seeks to contribute to the academic debate regarding financialization, through an analysis of its evolution in Mexico. As we argue, Mexico has been at the forefront of the tendencies and historical events that have defined financialization at the global level. Moreover, Mexico is alone...

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Published in:Journal of post Keynesian economics 2012-12, Vol.35 (2), p.255-275
Main Authors: Correa, Eugenia, Vidal, Gregorio, Marshall, Wesley
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bank markets
Banking crises
capital flows
Capitalism
Capitalization
Corporations
Economic crises
Economic planning
Economic policy
Financial economics
financialization
International economics
international financial markets
Investment analysis
Keynesianism
Latin America
Mexico
Personal finance
Post Keynesian economics
Post-Keynesianism
Public policy
Securities markets
Studies
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Summary:This article seeks to contribute to the academic debate regarding financialization, through an analysis of its evolution in Mexico. As we argue, Mexico has been at the forefront of the tendencies and historical events that have defined financialization at the global level. Moreover, Mexico is alone among the world's largest economies in its continual application of public policies that serve the needs of a financialized economy. The degree to which such policies have been applied and their corresponding results have made Mexico one of the more interesting case studies in the causes and consequences of financialization.
ISSN:0160-3477
1557-7821
DOI:10.2753/PKE0160-3477350205