Browsing by Author "aa521274-9a43-4888-baa8-dfea629bae04"
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A multilevel decomposition of school performance using robust nonparametric frontier techniques
Elsevier (2013)We propose a methodology for evaluating educational performance, from a multilevel perspective. We use partial frontier approaches to mitigate the influence of outliers and the curse of dimensionality. Our estimation ... -
A new interpretation of the distance puzzle based on geographic neutrality
Clark University (2011-07)One of the most remarkable features of globalization is that advances in technology have contributed to reducing the costs of trade (e.g., transportation and communication costs) and thus have boosted international trade. ...
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Active Management and Mutual Fund Performance
Universidad de Zaragoza. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (2018)This paper analyses the relationship between active management and performance in US equity mutual funds over the period 2001-2011 for both gross and net returns. Active management is measured by time-varying parameters, ...
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An international comparison of educational systems: a temporal analysis in presence of bad outputs
Springer Verlag (2017-02)This study uses the global non-radial Malmquist index to measure performance change in the educational systems of 29 countries/economies participating in PISA 2003 and 2012 for students at age 15 in the disciplines of ... -
Bank Branch Geographic Location Patterns in Spain: Some Implications for Financial Exclusion
Wiley (2012)Over the last 20 years, the Spanish banking industry has undergone a profound reshaping in several respects. One of the factors that has allowed this has been the geographic expansion of most savings banks into other regions ...
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Bootstrapping profit change: An application to Spanish banks
Elsevier (2012)The aim of this study is to provide a tool which enables us to conduct statistical analysis in the context of changes in productivity and profit. We build on previous initiatives to decompose profit change into mutually ...
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Can trust effects on development be generalized? A response by quantile
Elsevier (2013)While the beneficial effects of social trust on economic performance have been largely recognized, we analyze whether these effects can be generalized for economies at different stages of economic development. Contrary to ...
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Comparing the Performance of National Educational Systems: Inequality Versus Achievement?
Springer Netherlands (2018)We measure performance change for the educational systems of 28 countries which participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study in years 2007 and 2011 for eighth grade basic education students. ...
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Constructing a financial inclusion index for Mexican municipalities
Elsevier (2023)Access to financial services varies sharply around the world among countries but also within regions and municipalities in the same country. To identify this important variation multivariate indices have been considered ...
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Cost and revenue efficiency in Spanish banking: What distributions show
Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, AECA (2016)The literature analysing the efficiency of financial institutions has evolved rapidly over the last 20 years. Most research has focused on the input side, analysing either cost, input technical efficiency or input allocative ...
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Costs, revenues and performance in Spanish banking:a comparative analysis of pre- and early crisis years
Taylor and Francis Group (2016-07-14)The literature analysing the efficiency of financial institutions has evolved rapidly over the last 20 years. Most research has focused on the input side, analysing either cost, input technical efficiency or input allocative ...
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Decentralization and efficiency of local government
Springer-Verlag (2010)This study analyzes the links between efficiency and the decentralization of power in Spanish local governments for the years 1995 and 2000. To this end, we carried out a two-stage activity analysis in which the performance ...
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Devolution dynamics of Spanish local government
Pion (2010)Over the last few years, there has been a devolutionary tendency in many devel- oped and developing countries. In this article we propose a methodology to decompose whether the benefits in terms of efficiency derived from ...
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Disentangling the European airlines efficiency puzzle: A network data envelopment analysis approach
Elsevier (2016)In recent years the European airline industry has undergone critical restructuring. It has evolved from a highly regulated market predominantly operated by national airlines to a dynamic, liberalized industry where airline ...
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Does active management add value? New evidence from a quantile regression approach
Taylor & Francis (2019-06)While it has long been recognised that active management is an important issue in the area of mutual fund performance, little consensus has been reached about the value managers’ abilities can add. This study examines ...
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Does social capital matter for European regional growth?
Elsevier (2015)This paper analyzes the role of different elements of social capital in economic growth for a sample of 85 European regions during the period 1995–2008. Despite the remarkable progress that social capital and European ...
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Does socially responsible mutual fund performance vary over the business cycle? New insights on the effect of idiosyncratic SR features
Wiley (2018-09-26)This study analyses the performance and market timing of US socially responsible (SR) mutual funds in relation to business cycle regime shifts and different grouping criteria: Ethical strategy focus, SR attributes scores ...
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Does university performance have an economic payoff for home regions? Evidence for the Spanish provinces
Routledge (2021-12-12)This paper analyses the impact of the university system performance on labour productivity growth for Spanish provinces during the period 2009–2016, showing a general positive link. These results enrich the debate on the ...
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La eficiencia de los municipios españoles durante el período de crisis
Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas (2016)En este trabajo se analiza la eficiencia en costes de los gobiernos locales españoles durante el período de la crisis económica (2008-2012). Los resultados indican una mejora general de la eficiencia a lo largo del ...
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Energy efficiency in the European Union: What can be learned from the joint application of directional distance functions and slacks-based measures?
Elsevier (2014-11-01)Over the last few years concerns have increased about the energy mix in many countries. These concerns have been of greater magnitude for countries with a common energy regulation such as European Union (EU) member states. ...
