Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA): Enviaments recents
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Do intra and inter industry spillovers matter? CDM model estimates for Spain
This paper uses a structural model to analyse the impact of innovation activities, including intra and inter industry externalities, on the productivity of Spanish firms. To the best of our knowledge, no previous paper has ...
High-Speed Rail: lessons for policy makers from experiences abroad
In April 2009, the US government unveiled its blueprint for a national network of high-speed passenger rail (HSR) lines aimed at reducing traffic congestion, cutting national dependence on foreign oil and improving rural ...
Population density in aging societies and severity of motor vehicle crash injuries: the case of Spain
The concentration of population in cities and processes of rural depopulation coupled with the generational shift to older societies represent new challenges in road safety. Here, we examine the severity of injuries suffered ...
Difference-in-Difference models to estimate causal effects on auto insurers behavior
The Difference-in-Difference (DiD) method is useful to test if an event has effects in a given outcome using non-experimental data. Based on DiD method, we propose alternative panel models to estimate the causal effects ...
Factors affecting hospital admission and recovery stay duration of in-patient motor victims in Spain
Hospital expenses are a major cost driver of healthcare systems in Europe, with motor injuries being the leading mechanism of hospitalizations. This paper investigates the injury characteristics which explain the hospitalization ...
Local privatization, intermunicipal cooperation, transaction costs and political interests: Evidence from Spain
Several empirical studies have analyzed the factors that influence local privatization. Variables related to fiscal stress, cost reduction, political processes and ideological attitudes are the most common explanatory ...
Influence of the claimant’s behavioural features on motor compensation outcomes
The decision to settle a motor insurance claim by either negotiation or trial is analysed. This decision may depend on how risk and confrontation adverse or pessimistic the claimant is. The extent to which these behavioural ...
Public and Private Production in a Mixed Delivery System: Regulation, Competition and Costs [WP]
Academics and policy makers are increasingly shifting the debate concerning the best form of public service provision beyond the traditional dilemma between pure public and pure private delivery modes, because, among other ...
Testing for private information using trade duration models with unobserved market heterogeneity: The case of Banco Popular
In this paper, we attempt to assess the potential importance of different types of traders (i.e., those with public and private information) in financial markets using a specification of the standardized duration. This ...
Factors explaining urban transport systems in large European cities: A cross-sectional approach
The paper analyses the link between human capital and regional economic growth in the European Union. Using different indicat The importance of effective and efficient mobility in large cities is becoming essential for ...
Community-based outcomes of interlocal cooperation in social services
We investigate the effects of interlocal cooperation in social services. We focus on three poverty-related outcomes: Guaranteed minimum income, housing rental support, and diagnosis of children at risk. We had a rich ...
Ownership, Incentives and Hospitals
This article analyzes hospital privatization by comparing costs and quality between different ownership forms. We put the attention on the distinction between public hospitals and private hospitals with public funding. ...
Volatility Transmission between the stock and Currency Markets in Emerging Asia: the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis
This paper examines volatility spillovers between the stock and currency markets of ten Asian economies in the period 2003 to 2014. To carry out this analysis, a multivariate asymmetric GARCH model is used. In general, our ...
Easier said than done: Understanding the implementation of re-municipalization decisions and associated delays
In recent years there has been growing evidence of a reversal of earlier privatizations at the municipal level. We use data on over 800 cases of re-municipalization worldwide to examine propositions drawn from theory on ...
A note on the relationship between electricity and natural gas prices across European markets in times of distress
We study the transmission of natural gas price shocks to electricity prices across different scenarios of electricity generation for thirteen European electricity markets. To this end, we propose a statistic based on the ...
Intercontinental fligths from European Airports: Towards hub concentration or not?
This paper empirically analyzes changes in the supply of non-stop intercontinental flights from European airports. We take advantage of OAG data for air services from a rich sample of European airports to intercontinental ...
Sovereign Risk and Economic Complexity: Machine Learning Insights on Causality and Prediction
We investigate how a country’s economic complexity influences its sovereign yield spread with respect to the US. We analyze various maturities across 28 countries, consisting of 16 emerging and 12 advanced economies. ...
Health care utilization among immigrants and native-born populations in 11 European countries. Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
This study examines health care utilization of immigrants relative to the native-born populations aged 50 years and older in eleven European countries. Methods. We analyzed data from the Survey of Health Aging and Retirement ...
Private management and strategic bidding behavior in electricity markets: Evidence from Colombia
In this paper I undertake a policy evaluation of the impact of the switch from public to private management of electricity generation units on their price bidding strategies. I draw on information about the bidding strategies ...
Forecasting emerging market currencies: Are inflation expectations useful?
This paper investigates the empirical relevance of inflation expectations in forecasting exchange rates. To that end, we use an expectation version of purchasing power parity (EVRPPP) based on the differential of inflation ...
