This paper studies the effects that pharmaceutical expenditure and other medical non-durables has on health out¬comes, such as mortality and life expectancy. Some recent research is focused on the study of public expenditure in health and the correlation with positive health indicators, and...

The Spanish electricity intraday market presents a particular design that makes it unique in Europe. The study is carried out on an hourly basis in order to identify hourly patterns in prices and traded quantities by session. The study evidences an overall growing interest from market...

El presente trabajo utiliza datos procedentes del Panel de Hogares de la Unión Europea (INE, 1994-2001) para estimar el efecto de la formación recibida durante el empleo en el crecimiento salarial de hombres y mujeres en el mercado de trabajo español. Dado que estas inversiones educativas...

Credit ratings have a major impact on a country’s cost for external fi nancing. These ratings may become a great support or an obstacle in the path of emerging economies to international capital markets. Using panel data modelling, we develop a measure of sovereign risk that is highly...

En este artículo se ofrece una metodología dirigida a cuantificar el grado de solidaridad interterritorial a través de los recursos con los que cuentan las Comunidades Autónomas (CCAA) procedentes, en su mayor parte, del sistema de financiación autonómica. Esta metodología se fundamenta...

The increasing number of people with some disabilities in our country has motivated a growing interest in the study of their situation from an economic and social point of view. The objective of this paper is to analyze the socio-economic characteristics of people with disabilities paying...