Tassinari, Filippo (Date of defense: 2022-09-14)
In this dissertation I aim at documenting costs and benefits of cities through the lenses of transport economics. In the second chapter of this dissertation, I analyse on the long-term economic effects ...
Mussons, Joan Maria (Date of defense: 2018-07-12)
Concerns over sustainability and the cyclical pattern of public finances have been especially great since the onset of the global financial crisis. This thesis comprises four essays which aim to examine ...
Moscoso Miranda, Henry Bernard (Date of defense: 2021-10-13)
Development economics seeks to provide evidence to improve life quality standards of the societies. This thesis contributes to this field with a multidisciplinary research on health, environmental and ...
Alfaro-García, Víctor G. (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)
It is generally accepted that innovation is a source of competitiveness for companies and nations. The impact of innovation activities on business performance ranges from the effect on sales and market ...
Papadomichelakis, Giorgos (Date of defense: 2020-11-05)
The purpose of this dissertation is to study specific cases of all those aforementioned questions in a number of different settings, all of which share one common characteristic of particular economic ...
Poitiers, Niclas Frederic (Date of defense: 2019-07-11)
In countries in the developed world, income inequality is increasing, while technological and societal changes open labour market opportunities for women. At the same time they are undergoing an important ...
Torres Gutiérrez, Tania (Date of defense: 2017-11-24)
Esta tesis desarrolla tres ensayos sobre economías de aglomeración para las ciudades de Ecuador. El primero corresponde a la distribución geográfica de la industria, que cumple dos objetivos: (i) Medir ...
Amirbagheri, Keivan (Date of defense: 2019-12-17)
En esta disertación de doctorado en tres capítulos principales, estudié un estudio analítico sobre la relación entre las prácticas de Green Supply Chain Management y el desempeño organizacional utilizando ...
Obaco Álvarez, Moisés Lenyn (Date of defense: 2018-09-25)
This thesis focuses on analyzing agglomeration effects in Ecuador. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is an introductory chapter where it is focused on the motivation of the ...
Tsiachtsiras, Georgios (Date of defense: 2022-03-25)
The long-term growth of economies depends crucially on their capacity to introduce technological progress. Innovation and technological change are at the heart of economic growth. The diffusion of ...