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Devolution dynamics of Spanish local government

Ausina, Emili Tortosa; Jiménez, Diego Prior; … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2010

based on linearprogramming approaches for efficiency measurement. We provide an application to Spanishmunicipalities, which …

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DECENTRALIZATION AND EFFIENCY IN SPANISH LOCAL GOVERMENT

Ausina, Emili Tortosa; Prior, Diego; Balaguer-Coll, … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2006

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 …

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Decomposition of Regional Income Inequality and Neighborhood Component: A Spatial Theil Index

Lasarte, Elena; Paniagua, Miguel Angel Marquez - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2014

In recent decades, spatial effects have been incorporated into mainstream economics. Nevertheless, although the addition of these spatial effects to the inequality indexes would be a natural extension in this line of research, to our knowledge, there are not contributions assessing neighborhood...

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QUALITY AND PRICES OF INTRA-EUROPEAN TRADE OF FOOD-INDUSTRY PRODUCTS

Picazo, Andrés; Martínez, Ernest Reig - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2000

the European Union, efficiency gains from trade creation could be potentially important. However, the analysis of the …

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MEDIDAS DE RIESGO EN LA GESTIÓN DE CARTERAS DE VIDA DEL MERCADO ESPAÑOL

Domínguez, Inmaculada; Bosch, Manuela; Devolder, Pierre - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2003

The management of a life insurance portfolio or pension fund must take intoaccount the temporal evolution of its liabilities and its assets through some variables:the factors and returns. Their behaviour is analysed statistically and we deduce it to avector error correction model (VECM). Using...

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RISK-SHARING AS A DETERMINANT OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE: INTERNAL FINANCING, DEBT, AND (OUTSIDE) EQUITY

Lara, Yadira González de - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2004

This paper proposes a historically-grounded mechanism-design model of corporate finance, with two-side risk aversion under limited contract enforceability, where (inside) equity held by entrepreneurs, debt and (outside) equity coexist. This capital structure shares optimally the...

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Do process innovations boost SMEs productivity growth?

Castillejo, Juan Antonio Máñez; Llopis, Amparo Sanchis; … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2009

In this paper we explore in depth the effect of process innovations on total factor productivity growth for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), taking into account the potential endogeneity problem that may be caused by self selection into these activities. First, we analyse whether the ex-ante...

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Output complexity, environmental conditions, and the efficiency of municipalities: a robust metafrontier approach

Ausina, Emili Tortosa; Jiménez, Diego Prior; … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2010

Over the last few years, many studies have analyzed the productive efficiency of local governments in different … analysis in which the efficiency of municipalities is evaluated after splitting them into clusters according to various … results show that both output mix and, more especially, environmental conditions, should be controlled for, since efficiency …

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ON THE DETERMINANTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE: A TWO-STAGE NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH

Ausina, Emili Tortosa; Prior, Diego; Balaguer-Coll, … - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 2004

This article analyzes the efficiency of Comunitat Valenciana (Spain) local governments and their main explanatory … variables. The analysis is performed in two stages. Firstly, efficiency is measured via (nonparametric) activity analysis … primarily overall cost, technical, or allocative. The second stage identifies some critical determinants of efficiency, focusing …

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- HUMAN CAPITAL IN OECD COUNTRIES: TECHNICAL CHANGE, EFFICENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY

Villarroya, Joaquín Maudos; Monsálvez, José Manuel Pastor - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE) - 1998

the period 1965-90, breaking down the productivity gains into technicalchange and gains in efficiency. For this purpose we …

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