• openAccess   Export Structure Upgrading and Economic Growth in the Western Balkan Countries 

      Shimbov, Bojan; Alguacil, Maite; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Taylor & Francis (2019)
      In this paper, we seek to analyze the impact that the ability to produce more sophisticated goods has on the economic performance of the Western Balkan region and to determine the factors fostering this process. To do ...
    • closedAccess   Foreign trade and economic growth in Spain (1900–2012): the role of energy imports 

      Balaguer, Jacint; Florica, Tatiana; Ripollés, Jordi Springer International Publishing (2015)
      We take a long-term perspective (1900–2012) to examine the causal relationship between foreign trade and economic growth for Spain. Results from both Johansen’s (J Econ Dyn Control 12:231–254, 1988) and Toda and Yamamoto’s ...
    • closedAccess   Growth in a time of external imbalances 

      Camarero, Mariam; Peiró-Palomino, Jesús; Tamarit, Cecilio Elsevier (2018-12-28)
      Globalization and financial integration have increased in the last three decades giving rise to cumulated large external imbalances. The question we address in this paper is whether economic growth ...
    • openAccess   International Production Networks and Economic Growth: The Case of the Western Balkan Countries 

      Shimbov, Bojan; Alguacil, Maite; Suárez-Burguet, Celestino Taylor & Francis (2016)
      The globalization of the world economy has given rise to new trade patterns through the intensification of international production networks (IPNs). This phenomenon has enabled countries to undertake more in-depth ...
    • closedAccess   Inward FDI and growth: The role of macroeconomic and institutional environment 

      Alguacil, Maite; Cuadros, Ana; Orts, Vicente Elsevier (2011)
      This paper contributes to the discussion on the role played by the absorptive capacities within host economies in their ability to grow and to exploit FDI efficiently. The outcomes for a sample of developing economies ...
    • openAccess   The role of education in the Environmental Kuznets Curve. Evidence from Australian data 

      Balaguer, Jacint; Cantavella, Manuel Elsevier (2018-02)
      This paper is based on the underlying idea that the use of energy resources in a society significantly depends on their level of education. Then, it is hypothesized that education might directly affect environmental quality ...
    • openAccess   Variable selection in the analysis of energy consumption-growth nexus 

      Camarero, Mariam; Forte Deltell, Anabel; García-Donato Layrón, Gonzalo; Mendoza, Yurena; Ordóñez, Javier Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V (2015-10-30)
      There is abundant empirical literature that focuses on whether energy consumption is a critical driver of economic growth. The evolution of this literature has largely consisted of attempts to solve the problems and answer ...