TY - BOOK AU - Brothers,Dwight S. AU - TI - Mexican financial development AV - HG185.M6 B7 U1 - 332.0972 PY - 1966///] CY - Austin PB - University of Texas Press KW - Finance KW - Monetary policy KW - Saving and investment N1 - "The sections ... originally drafted in Spanish were translated into English by Marian Berdecio."; Bibliography: p. [209]-221 N2 - This is a fine addition to the growing body of literature on Mexican development. The authors begin with a synopsis of the pre-1940 financial system, pass on to their major task of describing and explaining Mexico's financial history in the 1940-1960 period, and conclude with a review of post-1960 developments. Their major task they divide into two parts. The first is a detailed descriptive history (by far the best yet published), of financial institutions, instruments, policies, and procedures. The second is a theoretical attempt to explain both the behavior of the monetary authorities and the growth of "financial intermediation." The authors argue convincingly that the power of the central bank to control the money supply using traditional quantitative controls is severely limited in a country like Mexico ER -