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    Divulgación de riesgos en empresas no financieras españolas 

    Reverte Sánchez, José Antonio (Date of defense: 2016-01-15)

    <p>La presente tesis doctoral tiene como objetivo analizar el impacto que tiene la información sobre riesgos divulgada por las empresas en el mercado de capitales español. En concreto, se analiza si la información de riesgos ...

    The economics and dynamics of resource wars 

    Serrano González, Emilia Belén (Date of defense: 2016-01-27)

    The twentieth century was a convulsive one in terms of wars, political conflicts and terrorism. Crime is now more international than it has ever been before. These days, geographical borders do not limit any war; conflicts ...

    International trade and production networks in the Western Balkan countries 

    Shimbov, Bojan (Date of defense: 2016-01-28)

    1. Propósito y objetivo de la investigación Desde la ruptura de la antigua Yugoslavia, a principios de los 1990, las economías en transición de los países de los Balcanes occidentales han experimentado reformas intensas ...

    Three essays on liquidity and contagion 

    Toto, Andrea (Date of defense: 2016-04-16)

    The present PhD thesis consists of three papers. In the 1st paper we review credit risk models and models of counterparty risk and contagion and their application in credit risk management, and compare the two primary types ...

    The role of internet in stock market 

    Shen, Dehua (Date of defense: 2016-05-23)

    This dissertation introduces the concept of Internet Information and highlights its crucial role in stock market. At the beginning, I discuss the intrinsic relations between market efficiency and Internet Information ...

    Medición del impacto del Grupo Banco Mundial en el desarrollo sostenible 

    Tórtola Sebastián, Carlos J. (Date of defense: 2016-07-04)

    La promoción del desarrollo sostenible es uno de los objetivos corporativos del Grupo Banco Mundial (GBM) en el contexto de la Agenda de Desarrollo 2030. Esta tesis doctoral pretende analizar el éxito del GBM en la consecución ...

    La internacionalización de las empresas manufactureras del Ecuador: un análisis del periodo 2002-2011 

    Guerra Procel, Francisco (Date of defense: 2016-07-22)

    Como antecedente, se empieza realizando un análisis y a la vez una síntesis, de la historia de la manufactura ecuatoriana, con énfasis en las destinadas al mercado mundial. Posteriormente, deviene un segundo capítulo, que ...

    Valoración de la Resposabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) por la demanda hotelera 

    Pérez-Aranda Canela, José Antonio (Date of defense: 2016-09-01)

    La presente tesis valida la multidimensionalidad de la RSE desde la perspectiva del consumidor del sector hotelero español, identificándose no sólo las dimensiones que configuran la RSE, sino también sus componentes. Se ...

    Public water policies: the ultimate weapons of social control 

    Porter, Charles (Date of defense: 2016-12-15)

    Consumer's Behavior under Different Economic Scenarios: Willingness to Bargain, Willingness to Pay and Willingness to Buy 

    Parasyri, Despoina (Date of defense: 2017-03-17)

    El objeto de estudio y nexo de unión entre estos distintos trabajos que están presentados en los siguientes capítulos, queda perfectamente reflejado en el título de la tesis “Comportamiento de los consumidores en diferentes ...

    A statistichal equilibrium perspective on corporate profitability 

    Mundt, Philipp (Date of defense: 2017-04-24)

    The thesis shows how the dynamics a large pool of publicly traded firms can be meaningful described by a single stochastic equation under statistical equilibrium approximation. The whole dynamics of profitability of the ...

    Evaluating cost efficiency in local governments' provision of public goods and services: applications to the Spanish case 

    Narbón Perpiñá, Isabel (Date of defense: 2017-06-30)

    The present thesis project considers the multidimensional evaluation of different aspects related to the cost efficiency of local governments in Spain, using non-parametric frontier analysis methods. In doing so, the ...

    Influencia de la experiencia de compra en el valor de marca del comercio detallista: Una aplicación al comercio de la Comunidad Valenciana 

    Gallart Camahort, Valentín (Date of defense: 2017-07-03)

    La presente investigación se centra en analizar la influencia que la experiencia de compra del cliente ejerce en el valor de marca del comercio detallista. En el actual entorno competitivo en el que se mueve el comercio ...

    El Consejero Dominical y el Gobierno Corporativo / Institutional Directors and Corporate Governance 

    Chiva Ortells, Carlos (Date of defense: 2017-07-12)

    The aim of this research is to study the role of institutional directors in corporate governance. For this purpose, we have analysed the impact that these directors have on CEO compensation and on corporate social ...

    Alternative investments for the retail investor in Spanish equities mutual funds 

    Sala Peñalver, Saul (Date of defense: 2017-07-17)

    This paper tries to overcome the limitations that retail investor seek when using traditional approaches to asset allocation, particularly in Spanish equities mutual funds. To do so, we structure this paper into three ...

    Agent-based simulation of macroeconomic systems 

    Pulcini, Cinzia (Date of defense: 2017-07-20)

    In this Doctoral thesis we use an Agent- Based Model (ABM) to analyze variables and dynamics of the economy, building a complex system that is very close to the real world behavior. The main aims of the research are ...

    Macro-prudential policy via network analysis 

    Provenzano, Giulia (Date of defense: 2017-09-11)

    The global financial crisis of 2007-2009 has demonstrated that the financial system should be regarded as a complex network whose nodes are financial institutions and links are financial dependencies. Since the financial ...

    Tres ensayos en Finanzas del Comportamiento 

    Navarro Montoliu, Salvador (Date of defense: 2017-09-13)

    El principal objetivo de esta tesis es contrastar las dos principales corrientes de opinión existentes sobre las Finanzas del Comportamiento: aquella que las considera como un simple conjunto de anomalías de mercado o ...

    Three essays on the effects of foreign direct investment on the host-country companies: An analysis in the private setting 

    Rusanescu, Simona (Date of defense: 2017-09-19)

    This thesis investigates how the presence of foreign controlling shareholders relates to the performance and financial reporting quality of private subsidiaries. We analyze unique, hand-collected data consisting of a sample ...

    Cross-border banking and the importance of parents banks' performance for subsidiaries' credit extensions: evidence derived from a newly constructed database 

    Zagorisiou, Angeliki (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)

    The systemic role of foreign banks in the CESEE region coupled with the turbulence in financial markets back in 2008, have given rise to the study at hand. Some years after the global crisis, it is a perfect moment to ...