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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 ...
Green innovation and financial performance: A study on Italian firms
(Elsevier, 2022)
As the environmental agenda gains momentum all over the world, enterprises face the challenge of combining economic and environmental goals. An obvious, recurrent, and yet not fully answered question is whether, and under ...
FTX’s downfall and Binance’s consolidation: The fragility of centralised digital finance
(Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2023-07-16)
This paper investigates the causes and the consequences of the FTX digital currency exchange’s failure in November 2022. Analysing on-chain data, we report that FTX heavily relied on leveraging and misusing its native ...
Is Vehicle Scrapping Affected by Low-Emission Zones? The case of Madrid
(Elsevier, 2023-03)
This paper provides an initial empirical evaluation of the possible impact a low-emission zone (LEZ) has
on vehicle scrappage rates. The analysis is based on a quasi-experimental design, which is applied to the
Spanish ...
Academic dishonesty and monitoring in online exams: a randomized field experiment
(Springer, 2023-07-21)
Cheating in online exams without face-to-face proctoring has been a general concern for academic instructors during the crisis caused by COVID-19. The main goal
of this work is to evaluate the cost of these dishonest ...
Why Most European Wine comes from Companies with a Bad Reputation: Cooperative Wineries in Spain and Beyond
(Sociedad Española de Historia Agraria (SEHA), 2023)
Cooperative wineries are one of the cornerstones of the wine industry in Europe today. To understand how they reached this condition, I use the case of Spain and pay special attention to the period in which they took off ...
Does the designation of least developed country status promote exports?
(Routledge, 2020-10-11)
In this paper we examine to what extent developing countries export more as a result of
having the official Least Developed Country (LDC) status. We estimate a gravity model
of trade over the period 1973–2013, in which ...
When will the lockdown end? Confinement duration forecasts and self-reported life satisfaction in Spain: A longitudinal study
(Frontiers Media, 2021-03-24)
This paper reports results from a longitudinal study on the impact of the lockdown
on daily self-reported life satisfaction levels during the first wave of the COVID-19
pandemic in Spain. A stable panel (N = 1,131) of ...
Do Countries with Similar Levels of Corruption Compete to Attract Foreign Investment? Evidence Using World Panel Data
(MDPI, 2020)
This paper examines whether foreign direct investment in one country helps to increase foreign investment in other countries with a similar degree of corruption. Our estimates are based on an unbalanced annual panel of 164 ...
Determinants of FDI for Spanish regions: evidence using stock data
(Springer, 2020-12-01)
After decades of academic debate on the factors that determine FDI, the discussion still remains open. This article empirically investigates the determinants of FDI activity using Spanish regional data (NUTS 2) for the ...