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    Leontief versus Ghosh: two faces of the same coin 

    Manresa, Antonio, 1954-; Sancho Pifarré, Ferran (2012-10)

    In this paper we explore the sectoral and aggregate implications of some endogeneization rules (i.e. on value-added and final demand) which have been common in the Leontief model and have been recently proposed in the Ghosh ...

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    Ecological Footprint Inequality across countries: the role of environment intensity, income and interaction effects 

    Duro Moreno, Juan Antonio; Teixidó-Figueras, Jordi (2012-10)

    Recently, White (2007) analysed the international inequalities in Ecological Footprints per capita (EF hereafter) based on a two-factor decomposition of an index from the Atkinson family (Atkinson (1970)). Specifically, ...

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    Do labour mobility and networks foster geographical knowledge diffusion? The case of European regions 

    Miguelez, Ernest; Moreno Serrano, Rosina (2012-07)

    The goal of this paper is twofold: first, we aim to assess the role played by inventors’ cross-regional mobility and networks of collaboration in fostering knowledge diffusion across regions and subsequent innovation. ...

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    Profitability, uncertainty and multi-product firm product proliferation: The Spanish car industry 

    Varela, Xosé-Luís (2012-09)

    This article studies how product introduction decisions relate to profitability and uncertainty in the context of multi-product firms and product differentiation. These two features, common to many modern industries, have ...

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    Ecological Footprint Inequality: A methodological review and some results 

    Teixidó-Figueras, Jordi; Duro Moreno, Juan Antonio (2012-09)

    Scarcities of environmental services are no longer merely a remote hypothesis. Consequently, analysis of their inequalities between nations becomes of paramount importance for the achievement of sustainability in terms ...

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    Intermediary and structural determinants of early childhood health in Colombia: exploring the role of communities 

    Osorio, Ana Maria; Bolancé Losilla, Catalina; Madise, Nyovani (2012-06)

    This study examines how structural determinants influence intermediary factors of child health inequities and how they operate through the communities where children live. In particular, we explore individual, family and ...

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    Local Distance-Based Generalized Linear Models using the dbstats package for R 

    Boj del Val, Eva; Delicado, Pedro; Fortiana Gregori, Josep; Esteve, Anna; Caballé Mestres, Adrià (2012-05)

    This paper introduces local distance-based generalized linear models. These models extend (weighted) distance-based linear models firstly with the generalized linear model concept, then by localizing. Distances between ...

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    What about people in European Regional Science? 

    Royuela Mora, Vicente (2012)

    The 51st ERSA Conference held in Barcelona in 2011 was one of the largest ever. Here, by examining the characteristics of the conference, this paper identifies the main trends in Regional Science at a moment in which the ...

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    Los límites de la compacidad urbana como instrumento a favor de la sostenibilidad. La hipótesis de la compensación en Barcelona medida a través de la huella ecológica de la movilidad y la vivienda 

    Muñiz, Ivan; Calatayud, Daniel; Dobaño López, Roger (2012-05)

    La hipótesis de la compensación plantea la posibilidad de que los individuos que viven en centros urbanos densos tengan una mayor propensión a disponer de una segunda residencia y/o llevar a cabo desplazamientos más ...

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    What underlies localization and urbanization economies? Evidence from the location of new firms 

    Marín-López, Raquel; Jofre Monseny, Jordi; Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet (2012-05)

    The objective of this paper is to analyze why firms in some industries locate in specialized economic environments (localization economies) while those in other industries prefer large city locations (urbanization economies). ...

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    Sunk costs, extensive R&D subsidies and permanent inducement effects 

    Arqué Castells, Pere; Mohnen, Pierre A. (2012-05)

    We study whether there is scope for using subsidies to smooth out barriers to R&D performance and expand the share of R&D firms in Spain. We consider a dynamic model with sunk entry costs in which firms’ optimal participation ...

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    Changes in wage structure in Mexico going beyond the mean: An analysis of differences in distribution, 1987-2008 

    Tello, Claudia; Ramos Lobo, Raúl; Artís Ortuño, Manuel (2012-05)

    This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the relationship between wage inequality, employment structure, and returns to education in urban areas of Mexico during the past two decades (1987-2008). Applying Melly’s (2005) ...

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    Quantitative analysis of image factors in a cultural heritage tourist destination 

    Bové-Sans, Miquel-Àngel; Laguado Ramírez, Raquel Irene (2012-04)

    The tourism consumer’s purchase decision process is, to a great extent, conditioned by the image the tourist has of the different destinations that make up his or her choice set. In a highly competitive international tourist ...

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    Discrete time Non-homogeneous Semi-Markov Processes applied to Models for Disability Insurance 

    D’Amico, Guglielmo; Guillén, Montserrat; Manca, Raimondo (2012-03)

    In this paper, we present a stochastic model for disability insurance contracts. The model is based on a discrete time non-homogeneous semi-Markov process (DTNHSMP) to which the backward recurrence time process is introduced. ...

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    Driving competition in local gasoline markets 

    Perdiguero, Jordi; Borrell, Joan-Ramon (2012-03)

    Relevant market definition is still a key element of economic analysis of competition in the gasoline market. It is particularly difficult to handle when competition is local and market power is geographically constrained ...

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    Solvency Capital estimation and Risk Measures 

    Ferri Vidal, Antoni; Guillén, Montserrat; Bermúdez, Lluís (2012-01)

    This paper examines why a financial entity’s solvency capital estimation might be underestimated if the total amount required is obtained directly from a risk measurement. Using Monte Carlo simulation we show that, in ...

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    How to use the standard model with own data? 

    Bermúdez, Lluís; Guillén, Montserrat; Ferri Vidal, Antoni (2012-02)

    In this work discuss the use of the standard model for the calculation of the solvency capital requirement (SCR) when the company aims to use the specific parameters of the model on the basis of the experience of its ...

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    Evaluating antitrust leniency programs 

    Borrell, Joan-Ramon; Jiménez, Juan Luís; García, Carmen (2012-02-01)

    This paper identifies and then quantifies econometrically the impact of leniency programs on the perception of the effectiveness of antitrust policies using country level panel data for a 10-year span. Leniency programs ...

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    The determinants of YIc's R&D activity 

    García, José, 1963-; Pellegrino, Gabriele; Vivarelli, Marco (2011-12)

    This paper examines the determinants of young innovative companies’ (YICs) R&D activities taking into account the autoregressive nature of innovation. Using a large longitudinal dataset comprising Spanish manufacturing ...

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    The Innovation and Imitation Dichotomy in Spanish firms: do absorptive capacity and the technological frontier matter? 

    Gombau, Verònica; Segarra Blasco, Agustí, 1958- (2011-12)

    This paper analyses whether a firm’s absorptive capacity and its distance from the technological frontier affect the choice between innovation and imitation in innovative Spanish firms. From an extensive survey of 5,575 ...