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The Impact Of Crime And Other Economic Forces On Mexico's Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, Rene Cabral, Andre V. Mollick, Eduardo Saucedo Dec 2018

The Impact Of Crime And Other Economic Forces On Mexico's Foreign Direct Investment Inflows, Rene Cabral, Andre V. Mollick, Eduardo Saucedo

Economics and Finance Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper examines the effect of different crimes on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into the 32 Mexican states. Using a state-quarter panel data for the period 2005 to 2015, we estimate alternative models of FDI, with fixed effects throughout a flexible lag-lengths methodology and System Generalized Method of Moments (SGMM) models in order to identify the determinants of FDI inflows into the country. The dependent variable in our model is the annual inflow of FDI and the independent variables are state level indicators (real wages and electricity consumption), and macroeconomic forces (the real exchange rate and interest rate). We …


Narcocorridos: Music, Defiance, And Violence In Transnational Contexts, Nallely G Murguia May 2018

Narcocorridos: Music, Defiance, And Violence In Transnational Contexts, Nallely G Murguia

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This research aims to explain and understand the effects that the music genre known as narcocorrido has on society, politics, and culture in Mexico and the United States. It provides a background on the history of narcocorridos and how it came be known as a symptom of the ongoing violence in Mexico. The Movimiento Alterado is also explored in this research project, as a product of narcocorrido singers who came together to glorify violence. A global aspect plays a big role in researching this topic as globalization and transnationalism reveal the complexity of politics, economics, and culture and its effects …


Violence Against Journalists Persists In Mexico, Carlos Navarro Apr 2018

Violence Against Journalists Persists In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Environmentalists Warn About Further Drop In Numbers Of Endangered Porpoises In Mexico, Carlos Navarro Apr 2018

Environmentalists Warn About Further Drop In Numbers Of Endangered Porpoises In Mexico, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


U.N. Report Says Authorities Used Torture On Suspects In Ayotzinapa Case, Carlos Navarro Mar 2018

U.N. Report Says Authorities Used Torture On Suspects In Ayotzinapa Case, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Supreme Court Considers Challenges To Public Safety Law, Carlos Navarro Mar 2018

Supreme Court Considers Challenges To Public Safety Law, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


The Harmful Sexual And Non-Sexual Behaviors Of Trafficked Women And Children In Mexico: A Study Of Victims Of Sexual Exploitation, Arun Kumar Acharya, Lilia Susana Padilla Y Sotelo, Jose Juan Cervantes Niño Mar 2018

The Harmful Sexual And Non-Sexual Behaviors Of Trafficked Women And Children In Mexico: A Study Of Victims Of Sexual Exploitation, Arun Kumar Acharya, Lilia Susana Padilla Y Sotelo, Jose Juan Cervantes Niño

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

During the last 17 years, since the adoption of the Palermo Protocol, authorities at international and national levels have investigated and prosecuted trafficking cases, and aided victims. Nevertheless, every day thousands of people around the world are sold, lured with false promises and exploited. In Mexico, 10,000 young girls and women are said to be trafficked into cities for sexual exploitation every year. Trafficked victims suffer a wide range of sexual exploitation, physical and psychological violence, human rights violations including their right to dignity, and cruel and inhumane treatment, creating vulnerability and isolation. To cope, many victims adopt harmful sexual …


Mexico Reports Robust Results For Tourism Industry In 2017, Carlos Navarro Jan 2018

Mexico Reports Robust Results For Tourism Industry In 2017, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.


Plata O Plomo: Effect Of Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations On The American Criminal Justice System, Mark M. Mcpherson Jan 2018

Plata O Plomo: Effect Of Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations On The American Criminal Justice System, Mark M. Mcpherson

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract forthcoming