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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. ...
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, ...
The analysis of convergence in ecological indicators: An application to the Mediterranean fisheries
(Elsevier, 2017-07)
Ecological indicators are increasingly used to examine the evolution of natural ecosystems and the impacts of human activities. Assessing their trends to develop comparative analyses is essential. We introduce the analysis ...
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 ...
Quality of government and economic growth at the municipal level: Evidence from Spain
(WileyWiley Periodicals, 2021-07-21)
This paper analyzes the relationship between government efficiency—an important dimension of quality of government—and economic growth at the municipal level in 1,820 Spanish municipalities during the period 2008–2015. At ...
Is full banking integration desirable?
(Elsevier, 2017-08)
We analyze the links between banking integration and economic development for a sample of
OECD countries. We measure banking integration considering indicators that merge not only
openness but also connectedness with ...
Regional income convergence in Colombia: population, space, and long-run dynamics
(Springer, 2023)
We examine the trajectory of regional income dynamics in Colombia. Using data on all 33 Colombian departments from 2000 to 2016, we employ extensions of (spatial) Markov chains, space-time mobility measures, along with a ...