investors and private equity managers in order to identify the factors that affect the latter's reputation. Since there are no … individual references about their past returns, the reputation of such players is thought to be linked to their capacity for … obtaining new funds in countries such as Spain. Two groups of variables that might affect reputation are identified: variables …

interactions, direct and indirect reputation and memory constraints that is crucial for the emergence of cooperation. Taken by …

This paper analyzes the process of Internet diffusion across the world using a panel of 214 countries during the period … explores the determinants of Internet diffusion and shows that network effects are crucial to explain this process. One … important finding is that the degree of competition in the provision of Internet contributes positively to its diffusion. …

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 …