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Consultative democracy and trust
(Elsevier, 2018)
We report experimental results from three Colombian villages concerning the impact of a voting mechanism on interpersonal trust and trustworthiness. The vote is purely consultative in that participants are asked to declare ...
An Agent-based Stock-flow Consistent Model of the Sustainable Transition in the Energy Sector
(Elsevier, 2018-03)
In this paper, we investigate the effects on the economy of a feed-in tariff policy mechanism aimed to foster investments in renewable energy production capacity. To this purpose, we employ an enriched version of the ...
Informal, formal institutions and credit: complements or substitutes?
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-08)
This paper analyses the relationship between informal institutions measured by social trust and the provision of private credit. Research on the trust–finance relationship abounds, although most of it is confined to the ...
Evaluation of efficiency in Colombian hospitals: An analysis for the post-reform period
(Elsevier, 2018)
In this study we analyze the performance of 602 level 1 Colombian hospitals for the period 2009–2013. The analysis is carried out from both static and temporal perspectives in order to evaluate the evolution of total factor ...
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. ...
New Evidence on Trade and FDI: how Large is the Euro Effect?
(Springer, 2018)
In this paper we analyse the effect that the euro has had on trade using a gravity model for 28 countries and covering the period 1990–2013. Our gravity specification includes time-varying fixed effects, correcting any ...
Herding in the cryptocurrency market: CSSD and CSAD approaches
(Elsevier, 2018-09-22)
We analyse the existence of herding in the cryptocurrency market through the cross-sectional standard (absolute) deviation of returns. Our results show that extreme dispersion of returns is explained by rational asset ...
Residential energy consumption: A convergence analysis across Chinese regions
(Elsevier, 2017-02)
The process of urbanization and the raise of living standards in China have led an increasing trend in the patterns of residential consumption. Projections for the population growth rate in urban areas do not paint a very ...
Club Convergence of Sectoral CO2 Emissions in the European Union.
(Elsevier, 2019-10-22)
An understanding of the evolution of sectoral CO2 emissions for all EU countries in recent
decades would clearly be useful for political authorities when designing future environmental
policies. This paper investigates ...
The relationship between cultural tourist behaviour and destination sustainability
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Tourism based on cultural issues is growing fast in recent years. This type of tourism promotes the diversification of demand and supply at destinations, while keeping and valuing the local culture. Improving our knowledge ...