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Effects of religiosity on social behaviour: Experimental evidence from a representative sample of spaniards

Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Espín, Antonio M.; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013

This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three paradigmatic economic games: the dictator (DG), ultimatum (UG), and trust (TG) games. A large carefully designed sample of a Spanish urban adult population (N=766) is employed. From...

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Ownership and Control: A Spanish Survey

Crespi-Cladera, Rafel; Garcia-Cestona, Miguel A. - 1999

The paper analyses the ownership structure of a large sample of Spanish listed companies. The results are analysed in terms of governance implications under the agency theory context. The results show a picture with concentrated ownership where stock markets are relatively low important. Direct...

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Taxing Tourism in Spain: Results and Recommendations

Labandeira, Xavier; Gago, Alberto; Picos, Fidel; … - 2006

This paper analyses the foundations, possible applications and the effects of tourism taxation in Spain. The article … tourism taxation in Spain, with special mention being given to the now repealed Balearic ecotasa. Finally, the effects of two …-related sectors could have the same effects on tourist expenditure but at the costs of greater impact for Spain's economy. …

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A further step into the ELGH and TLGH for Spain and Italy

Cortés_Jiménez, Isabel; Pulina, Manuela - 2006

hypothesis (TLGH). The cases under analysis are Spain and Italy, two of the most important countries worldwide regarding the … exports cause economic growth in the long-term for both countries, whilst only for Spain tourism appears as a factor which …

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Early starts, reversals and catchup in the process of economic development

Chanda, Areendam; Putterman, Louis - 2004

Early states like China, India, Italy and Greece have been experiencing more rapid economic growth in recent decades than have later-comers to agriculture and statehood like New Guinea, the Congo, and Uruguay. We show that more rapid growth by early starters has been the norm in economic...

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Integration, spurious convergence, and financial fragility: A post-Keynesian interpretation of the Spanish crisis

Pérez Caldentey, Esteban; Vernengo, Matías - 2015

The Spanish crisis is generally portrayed as resulting from excessive spending by households, associated with a housing bubble and/or excessive welfare spending beyond the economic possibilities of the country. We put forward a different hypothesis. We argue that the Spanish crisis resulted, in...

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Fiscal space on the eurozone periphery: The case of Spain

Uxó González, Jorge; Álvarez, Ignacio; Febrero, Eladio - 2017

On the one hand, every official document about fiscal policy in Spain, and most orthodox academic papers argue that … Spain has no "fiscal space" and that it should apply resolute actions to assure budget consolidation. On the other hand …, Spain also had the second highest unemployment rate in the Eurozone in 2015: 21% of the active population. A rapid decline …

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Feeling useless: The effect of unemployment on mental health in the Great Recession

Farré, Lídia; Fasani, Francesco; Mueller, Hannes - 2015

This article documents a strong connection between unemployment and mental disorders using data from the Spanish National Health Survey. We exploit the collapse of the construction sector to identify the causal effect of job loss. Our results suggest that an increase of the unemployment rate by...

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Permanent and temporary internal migrations in Spain, 1877 - 1936: Determinants and labour market impact

Silvestre, Javier - 2002

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What shapes attitudes toward paying taxes? Evidence from multicultural european countries

Schneider, Friedrich G.; Torgler, Benno - 2006

tax morale within three multicultural European countries, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain, a choice that allows far more …

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