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A statistichal equilibrium perspective on corporate profitability
Universitat Jaume I (2017-04-24)The thesis shows how the dynamics a large pool of publicly traded firms can be meaningful described by a single stochastic equation under statistical equilibrium approximation. The whole dynamics of profitability of the ... -
Agent-based simulation of macroeconomic systems
Universitat Jaume I (2017-07-20)In this Doctoral thesis we use an Agent- Based Model (ABM) to analyze variables and dynamics of the economy, building a complex system that is very close to the real world behavior. The main aims of the research are ...
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Alternative investments for the retail investor in Spanish equities mutual funds
Universitat Jaume I (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 ...
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An analysis of the relationship between Economic Growth and the Environment: consequences on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Universitat Jaume I (2015-01-29)Greenhouse gases are emitted locally around the different countries in the world, but their negative effects, resulting in the very worrying climate change, are an international problem since the fight to reduce them ...
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Analysis of environmental policy and emission control instruments
Universitat Jaume I (2020-01-23)The debate on the emissions control instruments for improving environmental policy is the inspiration of the present thesis. In a first attempt, we use a theoretical model to study how international trade affects the ...
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Analysis of high-frequency data on information transmissio and optimal portfolio choice
Universitat Jaume I (2018-04-11)With the advent of the new technological era, the development of high-frequency datasets is easier Ihan ever. It has allowed a wide range of empirical investigations regarding the financial markels to deepen lhe understanding ...
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Antecedents of radical innovation: an empirical research
Universitat Jaume I (2019-01-11)The main objective of this research is to disentangle the factors that promote or are positively related to radical innovation and its success. To this end, four studies have been proposed, which suggest various facilitators ...
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Approaching Complex Credit-Driven Economies From The Bottom Up: An Agent-Based Model for Open Economies And An Empirical Study on Loans’ Distribution
Universitat Jaume I (2017-11-03)In this thesis we use methodologies that are grounded on a ``bottom-up'' approach, denoting the importance of considering the emergence of the aggregate economic behavior from the interaction of heterogeneous economic ...
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Attachment Styles Associations with Long-Term Relationships Mediated by Brand Loyalty in the Israeli Mobile Market
Universitat Jaume I (2022-04-27)Purpose: The main objective of the thesis is to use attachment styles theory to explore long-term relationships in a service context, using the Israeli mobile market as a case study. Theoretical framework: Attachment theory ...
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Business Cycle Fluctuations and Granular Behavior: an Empirical Analysis vs. the Agent-Based Approach
Universitat Jaume I (2022-04-08)This thesis aims to quantify the granular size of an economy, i.e., the number of granular firms. Empirically, we find that the contribution of idiosyncratic shocks to gross domestic product (GDP) fluctuations is attributed ...
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Citizens' Attitude towards Political Corruption and the Impact of Social Media
Universitat Jaume I (2018-12-13)The thesis is focused on the analysis of the factors that have a greater impact on citizens' attitude towards political corruption and the role played by social media, in order to design better strategies to promote citizens' ...
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Compassion Counts! The power of compassion at work: Empirical findings from several multi-samples studies
Universitat Jaume I (2018-06-01)Compassion is defined as an interpersonal process involving the noticing, feeling, sensemaking, and acting that alleviates the suffering of another person. Thus, compassion can be understood as a social process rather than ...
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Consumer's Behavior under Different Economic Scenarios: Willingness to Bargain, Willingness to Pay and Willingness to Buy
Universitat Jaume I (2017-03-17)El objeto de estudio y nexo de unión entre estos distintos trabajos que están presentados en los siguientes capítulos, queda perfectamente reflejado en el título de la tesis “Comportamiento de los consumidores en diferentes ...
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Corporate Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Behavior of Employees: Antecedents and Triple Bottom Line Consequences
Universitat Jaume I (2023-11-03)This thesis sheds light on the factors that stimulate entrepreneurship within companies, both at the organizational level, by analyzing corporate entrepreneurship (CE), and at the employee level, by studying the entrepreneurial ... -
Cross-border banking and the importance of parents banks' performance for subsidiaries' credit extensions: evidence derived from a newly constructed database
Universitat Jaume I (2017-09-29)The systemic role of foreign banks in the CESEE region coupled with the turbulence in financial markets back in 2008, have given rise to the study at hand. Some years after the global crisis, it is a perfect moment to ...
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Demand and management of mutual funds
Universitat Jaume I (2019-01-25)This doctoral thesis proposes the evaluation of different aspects related to the efficiency and analysis of the behaviour of mutual funds and their demand. The sample analysed focuses on more than 17,000 share-classes ...
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Designing scalable and stock-flow-consistent agent-based models: Policy scenarios and experiments on housing markets, monetary unions and interbank networks
Universitat Jaume I (2019-04-17)The recent debates in economics, following the 2008 crisis, have pointed out a necessity for micro-founded macroeconomic modelling approaches for policy analyses. Agent based models have been adopted to address two ...
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Economacy Strategies for Countries with Crises
Universitat Jaume I (2023-06-02)As part of this thesis, a conceptual and analytic framework for understanding economic diplomacy is presented, so that its missions, tools, and activities are better understood. Economic diplomacy can be conceptually ...
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El Consejero Dominical y el Gobierno Corporativo / Institutional Directors and Corporate Governance
Universitat Jaume I (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 ...
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Empirical analysis of market behaviour: a mesoscopic approach
Universitat Jaume I (2020-09-03)With this doctoral dissertation, we aim to contribute to the literature in two different ways. On the one hand, using an agent based model, we provide policymakers and investors with new methods that can be used in financial ...
