Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA): Enviaments recents
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Income inequality and economic growth in Asian countries
This study examines income inequality across 53 Asian countries from 1990 to 2021, focusing on the application of the Kuznets’ curve theory. This hypothesis states an inverted U-shaped relationship exists between economic ...
Does privatization spur regulation? Evidence from the regulatory reform of European airports
This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the relationship between privatization and regulation drawing on data from a wide sample of European airports. We find that privatization promotes a shift from basic regulation ...
The Effect of Door-to-Door on Separate Collection of Plastic Packaging: Evidence from Catalonia [WP]
In this article, we estimate the causal effect of the Door-to-Door waste collection policy on the separate collection of plastic waste in Catalonia. We use municipality-level data on the share of separately collected ...
A two-sided coin: Disentangling the economic effects of the ‘War on drugs’ in Mexico”
Mexican President Felipe Calderón was sworn into office in December 2006. From the outset, his administration was to deploy an aggressive security policy in its fight against drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), in what ...
Effects of Tourism on Community Economic Well-Being and Heterogeneity of Local Destinations: Evidence From a Developed Tourist Market
Unease with tourism has spread to many areas with large populations, and local governments are implementing or discussing measures to reduce tourist intensity. The metropolitan-based narrative about the negative externalities ...
Price rivalry in airline markets: A study of a successful strategy of a network carrier against a low-cost carrier
Competition in airline markets may be tough. In this context, network carriers have two alternative strategies to compete with low-cost carriers. First, they may establish a low-cost subsidiary. Second, they may try to ...
Expected, Unexpected, Good and Bad Uncertainty
By distinguishing between four general notions of uncertainty (good expected, bad-expected, good-unexpected, bad-unexpected) within a common and simple framework, we show that it is bad-unexpected uncertainty shocks that ...
Major Reforms in Electricity Pricing: Evidence from a Quasiexperiment [WP]
The global energy mix is being redefined, and with it the power industry’s cost structure. In many countries, electricity-pricing systems are being revamped so as to guarantee fixed-cost recovery, often by raising the fixed ...
Systemic banks, capital composition and CoCo bonds issuance: The effects on bank risk
This paper shows that systemic banks are prone to increase their regulatory capital ratio through a decline in risk-weighted assets density and an intense use of lower level capital. The market access of systemic banks, ...
Distant or close cousins: Connectedness between cryptocurrencies and traditional currencies volatilities
This paper examines the volatility interconnection between the main cryptocurrencies and traditional currencies during the period of February 2014-September 2018 using both a framework proposed by Diebold and Yilmaz (2014) ...
Trust in times of economic crisis in Spain: Paradoxes for social capital theory
The theory of social capital suggests that trust in other individuals (social trust) and trust in institutions are closely related phenomena. People who trust more in other individuals also trust more in institutions, and ...
Dynamic connectedness between credit and liquidity risks in EMU sovereign debt markets
We examine the dynamic interconnection between sovereign credit and liquidity risks in ten euro area countries at the 5-year maturity with high-frequency data from MTS over the period January 2008-December 2018 using the ...
Bilateral trade between China and the European Union: Emerging challenges and opportunities in a shifting global landscape
This paper examines trade relations between China and the European Union from 2000 to 2022, focusing on the role of trade policy uncertainty alongside key economic and institutional factors. Using an extended gravity model, ...
Climate Change Mitigation and the Role of Technologic Change: Impact on selected headline targets of Europe’s 2020 climate and energy package
The European Union launched a set of policies as part of its 2020 climate and energy package aimed at meeting its 20/20/20 headline targets for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. This paper evaluates how successful ...
Privatization and Regulation of Toll Motorways in Europe
The private sector plays an increasing and relevant role in highway funding and management. For that reason, the regulation designed and enforced by public authorities becomes even more important for the social welfare ...
When the Time is Right: Testing for Dynamic Effects in Collaborative Performance [WP]
Organizations develop collaborative relationships in order to manage external interdependencies that are consequential for performance. Econometric research has tested whether such collaboration brings improved performance ...
Together forever? Good and bad market volatility shocks and international consumption risk sharing: A tale of a sign
Recent literature has shown that international financial integration facilitates cross-country consumption risk sharing. We extend this line of research and demonstrate that the decomposition of financial integration into ...
Social Preferences and Transport Policy: The case of US speed limits
This article, in reviewing the longrunning US debate on speed limits, illustrates how a different valuation of the trade-off between private mobility needs and safety concerns can shape transport policies. It is argued ...
Economic uncertainty and redistribution
This study examines the relationship between economic uncertainty and the redistributive effect of taxes and government transfers in the UK and the US over the period 1980-2021. We find that the sign of the relationship ...
Joining Forces or Going Solo? The Political and Economic Dynamics of Intermunicipal Cooperation
The emergence and dynamics of inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) remain complex despite extensive research. This study examines why and when municipalities engage in IMC across multiple services. Using data from Catalonia ...
