Recent theses

Essays on institutional quality, macroeconomic stabilization, and economic growth in International Monetary Fund member countries

Author: Omer Javed

Defense date: September 10, 2015

Advisor/s: Rosa Nonell

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Research fields: Political Economy | Public Economics |

Fiscal forecasting in Italy

Author: Laura Carabotta

Defense date: July 23, 2015

Advisor/s: Elisenda Paluzie | Peter Claeys

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Research fields: Public Economics |

Competition and Regulation in the Retail Broadband Sector: a Holistic Approach for Pricing Policies

Author: Fernando Martínez Santos

Defense date: July 7, 2015

Advisor/s: Joan Calzada

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Research fields: Regulation Economics |

Two to Tango: Trust, Taxation and the Economics of Environmental Policy

Author: Sefano Carattini

Defense date: June 22, 2015

Advisor/s: Jordi Roca Jusmet | Andrea Baranzini

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Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics |

Essays on the Economics of Crime: Determinants of Crime in an Urban Context

Author: Simón Planells Struse

Defense date: May 5, 2015

Advisor/s: Daniel Montolio

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Research fields: Public Economics |

Essays on Tax Administration

Author: Luca Salvadori

Defense date: April 27, 2015

Advisor/s: José Maria Duran-Cabré | Alejandro Esteller-Moré

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Research fields: Public Economics |

Three Empirical Essays on Concentration of Resources and Economic Growth

Author: David Castells-Quintana

Defense date: April 10, 2015

Advisor/s: Vicente Royuela

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Research fields: Development Economics | Regional Economics | Urban Economics |

R&D Cooperation: Determinants, persistence and its effect on firms’ innovative performance

Author: Erika Raquel Badillo Enciso

Defense date: March 20, 2015

Advisor/s: Rosina Moreno

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Research fields: Industrial Organization | Regional Economics |

Optimal personalized treatment learning models with insurance applications

Author: Leo Guelman

Defense date: March 2, 2015

Advisor/s: Montserrat Guillén

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Research fields: Mathematical Economics |

Essays on Determinants and Effects of Barriers to Innovation

Author: Gabriele Pellegrino

Defense date: December 1, 2014

Advisor/s: José García-Quevedo | Maria Savona

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Research fields: Public Economics | Regulation Economics |

Essays on the Political Economy of Local Corruption

Author: Elena Costas-Pérez

Defense date: October 17, 2014

Advisor/s: Albert Solé-Ollé | Pilar Sorribas

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

Understanding Recent Food Price Patterns: a Time-Series Approach

Author: Fadi Mohamed Hisham Abdelradi Khalaf

Defense date: October 17, 2014

Advisor/s: Josep Lluis Carrion-i-Silvestre | Teresa Serra

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Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics |

Essays on Overeducation: Evidence from Spain

Author: Sandra Nieto Viramontes

Defense date: September 26, 2014

Advisor/s: Raúl Ramos

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

The Role of Economic Factors in Obesity Prevalence and Diet Quality in Spain

Author: Amr Radwan Ahmed

Defense date: September 25, 2014

Advisor/s: Jose Maria Gil Roig

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Research fields: Health Economics |

The Impact of EU Regulation in Network Industries

Author: Elisa Trujillo-Baute

Defense date: September 15, 2014

Advisor/s: Daniel Montolio | Francesc Trillas Jané

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Research fields: Regulation Economics |

Three Empirical Essays on Education and Informality in the Labor Market of a Developing Country: The Colombian Case

Author: Paula Herrera-Idárraga

Defense date: July 18, 2014

Advisor/s: Elisabet Motellón | Enrique López-Bazo

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics |

Essays on Education Decentralization

Author: Paula Salinas-Peña

Defense date: June 19, 2014

Advisor/s: Albert Solé-Ollé

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Research fields: Economics of Education | Public Economics |

Working conditions and health: Evidence on inequalities in Spain

Author: Meritxell Solé Juvés

Defense date: May 12, 2014

Advisor/s: Luis Diaz Serrano | Marisol Rodríguez

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Research fields: Health Economics | Labour & Demographic Economics |

Essays on the optimal choice of exchange rate regime in emerging countries

Author: María Lorena Marí del Cristo

Defense date: April 25, 2014

Advisor/s: Marta Gómez-Puig

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Research fields: Development Economics | International Finance |

Essays on Non-Stationary Panel Analysis

Author: Laura Surdeanu

Defense date: January 10, 2014

Advisor/s: Josep Lluis Carrion-i-Silvestre

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Research fields: Regional Economics |

Crecimiento del sector productivo cubano. Análisis de sus determinantes y restricciones estructurales

Author: Juan Carlos Palacios Cívico

Defense date: December 5, 2013

Advisor/s: Mª Teresa Virgili

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Research fields: Development Economics |

Ensayos sobre los determinantes reales del tipo de cambio

Author: Leonardo Tariffi

Defense date: July 15, 2013

Advisor/s: Montserrat Millet | Raúl Ramos

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Research fields: International Trade |

Socioeconomic determinants of early childhood health in Colombia: exploring the role of context

Author: Ana María Osorio Mejía

Defense date: June 14, 2013

Advisor/s: Catalina Bolancé

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Research fields: Health Economics | Risk and Insurance |

The Political Economy of the Tactical Allocation of Public Spending: Evidence from Spain

Author: Marta Curto Grau

Defense date: May 21, 2013

Advisor/s: Albert Solé-Ollé | Pilar Sorribas

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Research fields: Political Economy |