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 ...

Desarrollo sostenible, cohesión social y fiscalidad 

Saint-Supéry Ceano-Vivas, Muriel (Date of defense: 2014-01-13)

El objeto del presente trabajo es el establecimiento de vínculos entre el desarrollo sostenible y la cohesión social, y entre esta última y la política fiscal, que permitan aportar conocimiento en torno a la importancia ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gender diversity on Boards and Audit Committees of Spanish listed firms 

Bel Oms, Inmaculada (Date of defense: 2014-07-23)

The aim of this thesis is to analyse whether gender diversity on the decision-making bodies of Spanish listed companies may influence the decisions made by these bodies. To achieve this general goal, we propose four ...

La sostenibilidad del sistema sanitario en la España descentralizada de las autonomías 

Moyano Santiago, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2015-09-29)

Investigación basada en tres trabajos empíricos. En el primero se realiza encuesta y entrevista a una muestra de gestores sanitarios de nivel técnico y político sobre el futuro de la sostenibilidad de los sistemas sanitarios. ...

Public water policies: the ultimate weapons of social control 

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

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 ...

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 ...