• openAccess   A comparison of the scientific performance of the U.S. and the European Union at the turn of the 21st century 

      Albarrán, Pedro; Crespo, Juan A.; Ortuño, Ignacio; Ruiz-Castillo, Javier Springer (2010-10)
      In this paper, scientific performance is identified with the impact that journal articles have through the citations they receive. In 15 disciplines, as well as in all sciences as a whole, the EU share of total publications ...
    • openAccess   Evaluating the move to a linear tax system in Germany and other European countries 

      Beninger, Denis; Bargain, Olivier; Beblo, Miriam; Blundell, Richard; Carrasco, Raquel; Chiuri, Maria-Concetta; Laisney, François; Lechene, Valérie; Longobardi, Ernesto; Moreau, Nicolas; Myck, Michal; Ruiz-Castillo, Javier; Vermeulen, Frederic Springer (2006-05)
      This paper proposes a comparison of the results of tax policy analysis obtained on the basis of unitary and collective representations of the household. We first generate labour supplies consistent with the collective ...
    • openAccess   From the “European Paradox” to a European Drama in citation impact 

      Ruiz-Castillo, Javier (2012-04)
      Conversations with Pedro Albarrán, Juan A. Crespo, and Ignacio Ortuño are gratefully acknowledged, This paper has two main aims: (i) to criticize the diagnosis about the research performance of the EU contained in the ...
    • openAccess   The end of the European Paradox 

      Herranz, Neus; Ruiz-Castillo, Javier (2011-09)
      This paper evaluates the European Paradox according to which Europe plays a leading world role in terms of scientific excellence, measured in terms of the number of publications, but lacks the entrepreneurial capacity of ...