La medición del poder de mercado en la economía mexicana a finales de los noventa.

Upon the supposed integration process (NAFTA) for the Mexican market strategic behavior, this paper aims to measure market power during the 1990-decade second half using the structure-behavior-performance paradigm, in the context of an economy with huge asymmetries as the Mexican one and considering the Mexican market from an aggregate perspective. A lineal model is proposed that reflects the relation between structure and performance in order to show the statistical signification of the coefficient relative to concentration indexes. A methodological analysis tool is offered, which might be applied to other Latin American economies, this adds a remarkable multiplier effect in times of a profound global economic crisis, in which Latin America is particularly vulnerable due to the dependence and development conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]