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Asymmetric fuel price responses under heterogeneity
(Elsevier, 2016-02)
We explore the effect of cross-sectional aggregation of data on estimation and test of asymmetric retail fuel price responses to wholesale price shocks. The analysis is performed on data collected daily from individual ...
On the long-run dynamics of income and wealth inequality
(Springer, 2021-04-07)
We analyse top income and wealth shares data, by conducting a robust estimation of trends, tests for structural breaks, and tests for determining persistence. We include Anglo-Saxon countries, continental Europe and Asian ...
The impact of FTAs on MENA trade in agricultural and industrial products
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This article analyses the impact of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) on Middle East and North African Countries (MENA) trade for the period 1994–2010. The analysis distinguishes between industrial and agricultural trade to ...
What Drives Africa's Inability to Comply with EU Standards? Insights from Africa's Institution and Trade Facilitation Measures
(Springer, 2022-08-10)
Over the years, there have been a significant number of Africa’s food exports rejected at the European Union (EU) borders due to their non-compliance with EU food safety standards. This paper, therefore, provides an in-depth ...
(How) Do research and administrative duties affect university professors teaching?
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-05)
We analyse the interaction between university professors’ teaching quality and their research and administrative activities. Our sample is a high-quality individual panel data set from a medium-size public Spanish university ...
Spatial location patterns of Spanish manufacturing firms
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-03)
In this paper, we evaluate the spatial location patterns of Spanish manufacturing firms in each industry. We use a distance-based method, Ripley’s K function, which allows us to treat space as continuous. With ‘complete ...
Club convergence in European housing prices: The role of macroeconomic and housing market fundamentals
(Elsevier, 2021-07-12)
This study aims to determine whether there is convergence in house prices across a sample of European economies, including members and non-members of the Eurozone. Overall the literature has found no evidence of convergence ...
Weighted convergence and regional clusters across China
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
We analyse per capita GDP convergence among 28 Chinese provinces between 1952 and 2005
using the distribution dynamics approach. Compared with previous studies, we provide a more complete
view by including some additional ...
Inward FDI and growth: The role of macroeconomic and institutional environment
(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 ...
Migration in Spain: the role of cultural diversity revisited
(Cogitatio Press, 2021-10-28)
In this article, we analyze to what extent cultural diversity brought about by immigrants affects economic activity of the Spanish provinces. To do that, we use panel data techniques that treat cultural diversity as an ...