The matching of individuals in teams is a key element in the functioning of an economy. The network of social ties can … potentially transmit important information on abilities and reputations and also help mitigate matching frictions by facilitating … available. Our finding that social networks are powerful even in this setting suggests that they must affect matching processes …

. Its main characteristics are that it is based on a matching model ofthe labor market applied to migration, and that uses …

This paper studies the sequential mechanisms which mimic matching procedures formany-to-one-real-life matching markets …

the efficiency and credit risk. The first of this aspects is based on the incentive to the banks to reduce cost in order … analyzed the effects of competition on the efficiency of banking systems without considering these aspects. The few studies … that attempt to obtainrisk adjusted efficiency measures do not consider that part of the risk is due to exogenous …

Hypothesis testing and statistical precision in the context of nonparametric efficiency and productivity measurement … noticeable in the case of banking efficiency studies, where the literature is immense. In this paper, we explore productivity … growth and productive efficiency for Spanish savings banks over the (initial) post-deregulation period 1992?1998 using Data …

contribution to the growth of labor productivity of technical progress, of changes in efficiency, and of the accumulation of inputs …

This study analyzes the links between efficiency and the decentralization of competencies among Spanish local … municipalities were conferred on more competencies. In addition, the likely efficiency gains from enhanceddecentralization increase …

data panel and with the aim of checking on the possibility that each firm has a particular level of efficiency -captured by …