The purpose of this paper is to offer a characterization of a welfare index which depends positively on total income and negatively on Theil's first inequality measure. This welfare index belongs to a family of indicators which try to link measures of income and measures of welfare (real-income...

This paper is a methodological proposal for the distribution of the Regional Equalization Fund, based on the following principles: (i) To measure the degree of regional development by means of an indicator with an appropiate theoretical basis (an indicator combining both the average income and...

This paper deals with the analysis of the existence and optimality allocations in a framework characterized by the presence of consumption externalities. The model refers to apure distribution problem consisting of allocating a given bundle of k goods among n agents. Analizamos en este trabajo...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existence of efficient and envyfree allocations of a single good i,n the presence of consumption externalities. A theoretical model is first developed and an application to the problem of financing Regional Governments in Spain, is then provided. Este...

This paper makes a proposal for a taxonomy of boundary changes in Spanish municipalities along time. The different types of changes are organized in a hierarchy, as well as represented in a homogeneous manner, independently of the number of municipalities involved and of the changes suffered....

This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between indicators of competitive pressure and innovation incentives using panel data of Spanish manufacturing firms for the period 1990-2006. Instead of using standard indicators of competition, such as market concentration measures or...

During the years of crisis, Spain’s autonomous communities have experienced a significant general increase in their deficits and, until 2012, have had severe difficulties to control them. Their debts have grown strongly and are considered the most worrying element of Spain’s public finance...

This paper aims to contribute to the literature on New Economic Geography by providing empirical evidence for the connections between new trade theory and the spatial distribution of economic activities. To do this, we apply Social Network Analysis specifically to the World Automotive Trade...

This paper presents an exercise in the definition of cities from clear and explicit quantitative criteria. The city concept is linked to the local political level, so in this sense we can talk about “administrative cities”, since they are formed by one municipality, or a group of them that...