Approaching Complex Credit-Driven Economies From The Bottom Up: An Agent-Based Model for Open Economies And An Empirical Study on Loans’ Distribution 

    Petrovic, Marko (Fecha de defensa: 2017-11-03)

    In this thesis we use methodologies that are grounded on a ``bottom-up'' approach, denoting the importance of considering the emergence of the aggregate economic behavior from the interaction of heterogeneous economic ...

    Analysis of high-frequency data on information transmissio and optimal portfolio choice 

    Alemany Palomo, Nuria (Fecha de defensa: 2018-04-11)

    With the advent of the new technological era, the development of high-frequency datasets is easier Ihan ever. It has allowed a wide range of empirical investigations regarding the financial markels to deepen lhe understanding ...

    La Composición de los Consejos de Administración de las Empresas Cotizadas Españolas y su Impacto en la Toma de Decisiones Empresariales 

    López Zamora, Blanca (Fecha de defensa: 2018-05-16)

    Esta tesis tiene el objetivo de estudiar cómo la composición de los consejos de administración de las empresas cotizadas españolas afecta a cierto tipo de decisiones empresariales. Para ello, se han propuesto tres objetivos ...

    Empowerment and performance in Spanish local governments: The role of goal orientation and well-being of employees 

    García Juan, Beatriz (Fecha de defensa: 2018-05-25)

    Although empowerment has emerged as a novel issue in the human resource management, it is less known and studied in the field of Public Administration, and, specifically, in Spanish local governments. Thus, this thesis ...

    Compassion Counts! The power of compassion at work: Empirical findings from several multi-samples studies 

    Miralles Armenteros, Sandra (Fecha de defensa: 2018-06-01)

    Compassion is defined as an interpersonal process involving the noticing, feeling, sensemaking, and acting that alleviates the suffering of another person. Thus, compassion can be understood as a social process rather than ...

    The influence of new marketing approaches on the export performance of Spanish firms 

    González Ferriz, Fernando (Fecha de defensa: 2018-10-03)

    This thesis pretends to determine the variables that have an influence on the export performance of Spanish companies in the fashion sector. To do so, a special attention has been paid to new marketing approaches, considering ...

    Citizens' Attitude towards Political Corruption and the Impact of Social Media 

    Belda Mullor, Guillermo (Fecha de defensa: 2018-12-13)

    The thesis is focused on the analysis of the factors that have a greater impact on citizens' attitude towards political corruption and the role played by social media, in order to design better strategies to promote citizens' ...

    Antecedents of radical innovation: an empirical research 

    Domínguez Escrig, Emilio (Fecha de defensa: 2019-01-11)

    The main objective of this research is to disentangle the factors that promote or are positively related to radical innovation and its success. To this end, four studies have been proposed, which suggest various facilitators ...

    Demand and management of mutual funds 

    de Mingo López, Diego Víctor (Fecha de defensa: 2019-01-25)

    This doctoral thesis proposes the evaluation of different aspects related to the efficiency and analysis of the behaviour of mutual funds and their demand. The sample analysed focuses on more than 17,000 share-classes ...

    Sustainability in Microfinance Institutions 

    García Pérez, Icíar (Fecha de defensa: 2019-02-26)

    Inspired by the 1999 Program of Action defined by the United Nations, which describes eight pragmatic areas for a Culture of Peace. My proposal will work on the section 'Sustainable economic and social development' evaluating ...

    Essays in Behavioural and Experimental Economics: Emotions, Uncertainty and Cooperation 

    Marini, Matteo Maria (Fecha de defensa: 2019-02-26)

    In the first chapter of the dissertation I conduct a laboratory experiment in order to study the effect of incidental sadness and happiness on risky decision making. The analysis reveals that both sadness and happiness ...

    The Feedback between Real and Credit Markets 

    Ciola, Emanuele (Fecha de defensa: 2019-03-14)

    The main purpose of this thesis is to extend the theoretical knowledge on the relationship between the financial and the real sectors. Speciffically, we investigate how the allocation of capital affects the dynamics of ...

    Designing scalable and stock-flow-consistent agent-based models: Policy scenarios and experiments on housing markets, monetary unions and interbank networks 

    Ozel, Bulent (Fecha de defensa: 2019-04-17)

    The recent debates in economics, following the 2008 crisis, have pointed out a necessity for micro-founded macroeconomic modelling approaches for policy analyses. Agent based models have been adopted to address two ...

    Marketing Mix Instruments as factors of improvement of image of Higher Education institutions and student satisfaction 

    Brkanlić, Sandra (Fecha de defensa: 2019-05-27)

    The main focus of the study is the analysis of the effects of marketing mix instruments in higher education institutions in building the image of higher education institutions and the satisfaction of students, all from ...

    On the impact of public information in financial markets: an experimental approach 

    Ruiz Buforn, Alba (Fecha de defensa: 2019-05-29)

    The debate on the “limits of transparency” of the central banks’ communication policy is the inspiration of the present thesis. Specifically, this thesis investigates whether it exists an optimal level of information ...

    Three essays based on Experimental Economics: incentives and risk 

    Herranz Zarzoso, Noemí (Fecha de defensa: 2019-09-27)

    This thesis sheds light on two of the basic pillars of experimental economics: incentives and framing effects in decision making under risk. Experimental economists are strongly convinced of the importance of monetary ...

    Evolución de los clústeres industriales a través de las innovaciones disruptivas 

    Valiente Bordanova, David (Fecha de defensa: 2019-10-01)

    Las aglomeraciones territoriales y más concretamente los clústeres industriales, han jugado -y siguen jugando- un papel muy relevante en el crecimiento de las regiones donde se encuentran. Sin embargo, en los últimos años ...

    La calidad del servicio bancario en un contexto post-crisis: efectos emocionales del cliente sobre sus comportamientos 

    Idrovo Arguello, Manuel Alexander (Fecha de defensa: 2019-10-25)

    Varias son las razones por las que, a raíz de la crisis del verano de 2007, las instituciones financieras españolas han cursado un deterioro en el grado relacional con sus clientes. Esta situación ha provocado la búsqueda ...

    Análisis del riesgo para la inversión extranjera en China en proyectos de participación público privada (PPP) en el marco de la ruta de la seda (Belt Road Initiative). Un estudio integral en torno a las dimensiones del riesgo y el papel antecedente de la confianza interempresarial 

    Irún Molina, Beatriz (Fecha de defensa: 2019-11-06)

    Se analiza el constructo riesgo bajo un enfoque integral y multidimensional con tal de determinar la forma en que es percibido por parte de las empresas internacionales con decisión sobre las inversiones destinadas al ...

    Analysis of environmental policy and emission control instruments 

    Vidal Meliá, Lidia (Fecha de defensa: 2020-01-23)

    The debate on the emissions control instruments for improving environmental policy is the inspiration of the present thesis. In a first attempt, we use a theoretical model to study how international trade affects the ...