Castells-Quintana, David (Date of defense: 2015-04-10)
This thesis focuses on the study of two global trends characteristic of modern economic development, namely increased agglomeration and inequalities within countries. The thesis contributes to the ...
Castany Teixidor, Laia (Date of defense: 2007-06-18)
A) OBJECTIVES AND HYPOTHESES:<br/><br/>The main purpose of this PhD thesis is analysing the behaviour of different factors that contribute to increase total factor productivity (TFP) in the context of ...
Hintzmann Colominas, Carolina (Date of defense: 2015-10-09)
The main objective of the present thesis is to analyze the underperformance of labour productivity growth in manufacturing in EU member states and the existence of persistent differences among them in ...
Goya Carrillo, Esther (Date of defense: 2015-03-27)
This dissertation aims to further understand the relationship between innovation and productivity in Spain taking into account the impact of knowledge flows. To this end, Spanish firms from both ...
Ladrón de Guevara Cortés, Rogelio (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
This dissertation focuses on the estimation of the generative multifactor model of returns on equities, under a statistical approach of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), in the context of the Mexican ...
Solé i Auró, Aïda (Date of defense: 2009-09-17)
a) Scenarios for the impact of immigration on longevity and dependency of the elderly in the Spanish population<br/><br/>The composition of the Spanish population has recently changed due to immigration. ...
Villar Frexedas, Óscar (Date of defense: 2015-10-16)
Thesis consists of three empirical studies focusing on financial crisis, which base on different definitions of financial contagion definitions and use of methodological approaches. The first chapter ...
Duque Cardona, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2004-09-30)
The interest in geographical information technologies has grown considerably over the last three decades. Today, geographical information is no longer the exclusive domain of government and public ...
Davtyan, Karen (Date of defense: 2016-04-29)
The general objective of the doctoral thesis is to evaluate the distributive effects of macroeconomic policies. In particular, the thesis assesses the distributional impact of fiscal policy, conventional ...
Nieto Viramontes, Sandra (Date of defense: 2014-09-26)
Investment in human capital is a key tool for the social and economic progress in every country. Thus one of the most important public policies in the last century has focused on increasing the level ...