Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA): Recent submissions
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Economía urbana y calidad de vida. Una revisión del estado del conocimiento en España
Quality of life is increasingly becoming a concept researched empirically and theoretically in the field of economics. In urban economics in particular, this increasing interest stems mainly from the fact that quality of ...
Agglomeration, Inequality and Economic Growth (WP)
The impact of income inequality on economic growth is dependent on several factors, including the time horizon considered, the initial level of income and its initial distribution. Yet, as growth and inequality are also ...
Export Destination and Firm Upgrading: Evidence from Spain
This paper examines the role of export destinations on firm upgrading. I exploit the real effective exchange rate devaluation in Spain during the Great Recession to identify the unusual export performance of manufacturing ...
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 ...
An analysis of the determinants in economics and business publications by spanish universities between 1994 and 2004 (WP)
The objective of this study consists, firstly, of quantifying differences between Spanish universities’ output (in terms of publications and citations), and secondly, analysing its determinants. The results obtained show ...
Innovation, heterogeneous firms, and the region [WP]
This paper investigates the role of regional determinants on innovation performance controlling by the firm’s absorptive capacity and other sources of firm heterogeneity. The findings for a sample of firms in Spain support ...
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) ...
The economic costs of separatist terrorism in Turkey
Turkey has been suffering from separatist terrorism and the political conflict it implies since the mid 1980s, both of which are believed to have a negative impact on economic welfare. This article investigates the economic ...
A geometric approach to proxy economic uncertainty by a metric of disagreement among qualitative expectations
In this study we present a geometric approach to proxy economic uncertainty. We design a positional indicator of disagreement among survey-based agents' expectations about the state of the economy. Previous dispersion-based ...
The institutional vs. the academic definition of the quality of work life. What is the focus of the European Commission?
In recent years, we have seen how the quality of work life has been focused and defined by the European Commission (EC). In our study we compare the EC definition with the academic one and try to see how close they are. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Employment uncertainty a year after the irruption of the covid-19 pandemic
This paper examines the evolution of consumer uncertainty about unemployment one year after the irruption of the covid-19 pandemic in European countries. Since uncertainty is not directly observable, we use two alternative ...
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 ...
Navigating the Precarious Path: Understanding the Dualisation of the Italian Labour Market through the Lens of Involuntary Part-Time Employment (WP)
This paper investigates the surge in Involuntary Part-Time (IPT) employment in Italy from 2004 to 2019, exploring its impact on various socio-economic groups and adopting a spatial perspective. Our study tests the hypothesis ...
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 ...
Decomposing differences in total factor productivity across firm size
This paper investigates the extent to which the gap in total factor productivity between small and large firms is due to differences in the endowment of factors determining productivity and to the returns associated with ...
The Impact of Combining Work with Study on the Labour Market Performance of Graduates: the Joint Role of Work Intensity and Job-Field Match [WP]
This paper investigates the effects of working during university education on students’ labour market performance. We jointly consider the role of work intensity and the relationship with the field of study in a framework ...
The Effect of Competition on Language Diversity in the Movie-Theatre Industry
In this paper I investigate the effect of competition on Language diversity in a cultural market, the movies market, in which language is a relevant characteristic of the good. I analyse the case of the bilingual region ...
