Recent theses

Essays on Public Policies and Socioeconomic Disparities

Author: María Cecilia Olivieri Agazzi

Defense date: October 15, 2019

Advisor/s: Xavier Fageda

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Research fields: Transport Economics |

Essays in health and labour economics

Author: Xavier Bartoll

Defense date: September 27, 2019

Advisor/s: Raul Ramos

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Research fields: Health Economics | Labour & Demographic Economics |

R&D offshoring and firm’s innovativeness: The role of firms’, regional, and sectoral characteristics

Author: Damián Tojeiro Rivero

Defense date: September 13, 2019

Advisor/s: Rosina Moreno Serrano

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Research fields: Regional Economics |

Essays on Political Economy of Public Intergenerational Transfers

Author: Gianko Michailidis

Defense date: July 19, 2019

Advisor/s: Concepció Patxot | Gemma Abio

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics | Macroeconomics | Political Economy | Public Economics |

Essays on Education, Fertility, and the Welfare State

Author: Niclas Frederic Poitiers

Defense date: July 11, 2019

Advisor/s: Xavier Raurich | Concepció Patxot

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Research fields: Economic Growth | Economics of Education | Labour & Demographic Economics | Macroeconomics |

From Being NICE to Being Tired: Essays in Health Economics

Author: Miquel Serra-Burriel

Defense date: July 5, 2019

Advisor/s: Joan-Ramon Borrell

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Research fields: Health Economics | Regulation Economics |

Essays on the Economics of Obesity

Author: Athina Raftopoulou

Defense date: January 28, 2019

Advisor/s: Joan Gil Trasfi

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Research fields: Health Economics | Public Economics |

Essays on informal labor markets

Author: Adriana Patricia Vega Núñez

Defense date: October 18, 2018

Advisor/s: Raúl Ramos | Antonio Di Paolo

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics |

Three Essays on Agglomeration Economies in Ecuador

Author: Moisés Lenyn Obaco Álvarez

Defense date: September 25, 2018

Advisor/s: Vicente Royuela | Alessia Matano

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Research fields: Regional Economics | Urban Economics |

Essays on Industrial Policy, Structural Change, and International Trade

Author: Till Ferdinand Hollstein

Defense date: September 21, 2018

Advisor/s: Kristian Estevez | Fernando Sánchez-Losada

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Research fields: Economic Growth | International Trade |

Cyclical Patterns and Sustainability of Fiscal Policy at Regional Level: the Spanish Case

Author: Joan Maria Mussons Olivella

Defense date: July 12, 2018

Advisor/s: Núria Bosch Roca | Josep Lluís Raymond Bara

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Research fields: Public Economics |

Public-Private Partnerships in Roads: Economic and Policy Analyses

Author: Paula Bel-Piñana

Defense date: July 10, 2018

Advisor/s: Daniel Albalate

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Research fields: Regulation Economics |

Essays on Regional Labour Markets in Spain

Author: Celia Melguizo Cháfer

Defense date: July 9, 2018

Advisor/s: Raúl Ramos | Vicente Royuela

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics |

Essays on Urban Economics

Author: Nicolás González Pampillón

Defense date: June 25, 2018

Advisor/s: Jordi Jofre Monseny | Elisabet Viladecans Marsal

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics | Urban Economics |

Essays on Brazilian Political Economy

Author: Francisco de Lima Cavalcanti

Defense date: June 18, 2018

Advisor/s: Albert Solé-Ollé | Amedeo Piolatto

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Research fields: Development Economics | Political Economy | Public Economics |

Bank and Sovereign Risk: The Case of European Economic and Monetary Union

Author: Manish Singh

Defense date: June 15, 2018

Advisor/s: Marta Gómez-Puig | Simón Sosvilla-Rivero

Research fields: Financial Econometrics |

Essays in labor and education economics in Korea

Author: Hoon Choi

Defense date: May 3, 2018

Advisor/s: Raul Ramos | Alvaro Choi

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Research fields: Economics of Education | Labour & Demographic Economics |

Three Empirical Essays on Fecundity, Household Overcrowding and its Effects. The Case of Ecuador

Author: Juan Pablo Díaz Sánchez

Defense date: April 25, 2018

Advisor/s: Javier Manuel Romaní Fernández

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics | Public Economics | Regional Economics |

Essays on Public Policies in Mexico: Pollution, Employment and Drug Crime

Author: Maximilian Holst

Defense date: April 20, 2018

Advisor/s: Germà Bel

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics | Regional Economics | Transport Economics |

Essays on Risk and Uncertainty in Economics and Finance

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Defense date: February 23, 2018

Advisor/s: Helena Chuliá | Montserrat Guillen

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Research fields: Financial Econometrics | International Finance | Macroeconomics | Risk and Insurance |

Essays on Agriculture and Sectoral Composition in Developing Countries

Author: Cesar Francisco Blanco Aguirre

Defense date: January 12, 2018

Advisor/s: Xavier Raurich

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Research fields: Economic Growth | Macroeconomics |

Ensayos sobre Economías de Aglomeración

Author: Tania Torres Gutiérrez

Defense date: November 24, 2017

Advisor/s: Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal|Rafael González-Val

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Research fields: Public Economics | Urban Economics |

Essays on Mobility and Environmental Policies in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

Author: Jordi Rosell i Segura

Defense date: November 10, 2017

Advisor/s: Germà Bel

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Research fields: Public Economics | Regional Economics | Transport Economics | Urban Economics |

The Economics of Parking: Essays on Regulation, Competition and Information Frictions

Author: Albert Gragera

Defense date: October 20, 2017

Advisor/s: Daniel Albalate

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Research fields: Transport Economics |

Analysis of the process of acquisition of skills and competencies in Spain

Author: Juan Manuel Guio Jaimes

Defense date: September 22, 2017

Advisor/s: Álvaro Choi de Mendizábal | Josep-Oriol Escardíbul Ferra

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics | Public Economics |

Integración económica y localización de la actividad industrial en el Ecuador

Author: Mayra Ortega-Vivanco

Defense date: September 20, 2017

Advisor/s: Elisenda Paluzie i Hernàndez | Nicolas Marie Maurice Boccard

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Research fields: Regional Economics | Urban Economics |

Essays in Competition and Entry Regulations

Author: Valeria Bernardo

Defense date: September 12, 2017

Advisor/s: Joan-Ramon Borrell

Research fields: Political Economy | Regulation Economics |

Football and economy relations at the international level

Author: Roberto Gásquez Mendoza

Defense date: September 6, 2017

Advisor/s: Vicente Royuela Mora | Patricia García-Durán Huet

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Research fields: Economic Growth |

Essays on Absorptive Capacity, ICT, Spatial Externalities, and Regional Growth

Author: Juan Jung

Defense date: September 4, 2017

Advisor/s: Enrique López-Bazo

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Research fields: Regional Economics |

Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization, Finance Market and Public Policies

Author: Ana María Montoya Squif

Defense date: July 3, 2017

Advisor/s: Joan Ramon Borrell | Xavier Fageda

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Research fields: Political Economy | Regulation Economics |

Urban transport externalities

Author: Ilias Pasidis

Defense date: June 21, 2017

Advisor/s: Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal | Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López

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Research fields: Transport Economics | Urban Economics |

Essays on assignment markets: Vickrey outcome and Walrasian equilibrium

Author: Francisco Javier Robles Jiménez

Defense date: June 9, 2017

Advisor/s: Marina Núñez | Javier Martínez de Albéniz

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Research fields: Game Theory | Microeconomics |

Essays on multi-sided assignment markets

Author: Ata Atay

Defense date: March 10, 2017

Advisor/s: Marina Núñez

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Research fields: Game Theory | Operations Research |

Analysis and Evaluation of Climate Change Policies and their Interaction with Technological Change

Author: Stephan Joseph

Defense date: February 20, 2017

Advisor/s: Germà Bel

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Research fields: Political Economy |

Rationing problems: Extensions and Multi-issue analysis

Author: Pere Timoner Lledó

Defense date: November 8, 2016

Advisor/s: Josep Maria Iziquierdo

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Research fields: Game Theory | Mathematical Economics | Microeconomics |

Essays on the Venezuelan economy

Author: Miguel Ángel Santos

Defense date: September 5, 2016

Advisor/s: Xavier Raurich

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Research fields: Macroeconomics |

Essays on the Mexican Stock Market

Author: Cesar Amador Ambriz

Defense date: July 14, 2016

Advisor/s: Concepció Patxot | Marta Gómez-Puig

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Research fields: Financial Econometrics | Macroeconomics |

Tres ensayos sobre Migración y Mercado Laboral en Ecuador

Author: Jessica Ordóñez-Cuenca

Defense date: May 24, 2016

Advisor/s: Raúl Ramos | Vicente Royuela

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics |

Essays on Macroeconomic Policies and Redistribution

Author: Karen Davtyan

Defense date: April 29, 2016

Advisor/s: Josep Lluís Carrion-i-Silvestre | Raúl Ramos

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Research fields: Public Economics |

Essays on Urban Economics

Author: María Sánchez-Vidal

Defense date: April 11, 2016

Advisor/s: Jordi Jofre-Monseny | Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal

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Research fields: Urban Economics |

Transport Economics and Infrastructure: An Empirical Analysis of the Port Sector

Author: Marta Gonzalez Aregall

Defense date: February 1, 2016

Advisor/s: Xavier Fageda

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Research fields: Regulation Economics |

European Energy Markets Integration and its effects on Prices and Efficiency of Electricity Producing Firms

Author: Ferran Armada Ramírez

Defense date: January 26, 2016

Advisor/s: Joaquim Solà i Solà

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Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics |

Approaches to variable pay systems

Author: Rosa Garcia-Hernández

Defense date: January 22, 2016

Advisor/s: Barbara Bechter | Rosa Nonell

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics |

Development Patterns in Multi-Sector Growth Models

Author: Bernabé Edgar Cruz González

Defense date: January 15, 2016

Advisor/s: Xavier Raurich

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Research fields: Macroeconomics |

Essays in Economic Theory

Author: Ausias Ribó Argemí

Defense date: January 14, 2016

Advisor/s: Antonio Manresa

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Research fields: Behavioral and Experimental Economics | Game Theory | Microeconomics |

Water and clean energy services in developing countries: Regulation and evaluation of universal service policies

Author: Àlex Sanz Fernández

Defense date: January 11, 2016

Advisor/s: Joan Calzada

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Research fields: Regulation Economics |

Crisis and financial contagion: new evidences and new methodological approach

Author: Óscar Villar Frexedas

Defense date: December 16, 2015

Advisor/s: Josep Lluís Carrion-i-Silvestre

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Research fields: International Finance |

Impacto de las políticas regulatorias y de la competencia en el ámbito de las telecomunicaciones

Author: Rafael Rubio Campillo

Defense date: December 4, 2015

Advisor/s: Xavier Fageda | Montserrat Termes

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Research fields: Regulation Economics |

Essays on atmospheric emissions and environmental policy

Author: Paola Rocchi

Defense date: November 30, 2015

Advisor/s: Jordi Roca Jusmet | Monica Serrano

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Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics |

Three Empirical Essays on Informality

Author: Antonio Baez Morales

Defense date: November 5, 2015

Advisor/s: Raul Ramos

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Research fields: International Finance |