In this paper we carry out a broad simulation experiment where the finite sample behaviour of two parametric seasonal unit root tests for monthly data is studied. In concrete, we analyse the performance of both the Franses (1991) and Canova and Hansesn (1995) procedures. We point out, among...

One of the main questions to solve when analysing geographically added information consists of the design of territorial units adjusted to the objectives of the study. This is related with the reduction of the effects of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). In this paper an optimisation...

Most studies analysing the infrastructure impact on regional growth show a positive relationship between both variables. However, the public capital elasticity estimated in a Cobb-Douglas function, which is the most common specification in these works, is sometimes too big to be credible, so...

Commuting consists in the fact that an important fraction of workers in developed countries do not live close to their workplaces, but at long distances from them, so that they must travel to their jobs and then back home daily. This paper studies commuting in Catalonia (Spain) for the 1986-1991...

In this paper we study the commuting and moving decisions of workers in Catalonia (Spain) and its evolution in the 1986-1996 period. Using a microdata sample from the 1991 Spanish Population Census, we estimate a simultaneous, discrete choice model of commuting and moves, thus indirectly...

Commuting consists in the fact that an important fraction of workers in developed countries do not reside close to their workplaces but at long distances from them, so they have to travel to their jobs and then back home daily. Although most workers hold a job in the same municipality where they...

Following the Optimum Currency Areas approach, asymmetric shocks play a fundamental role to determine the benefits and the costs derived from the establishment of a monetary area. In this sense, some recent studies show that an important reduction in the level of the asymmetries of the shocks in...

One of the more important statistical tools for the monitoring and analysis of the economic activity evolution in the short term is the availability of estimations of the quarterly GDP components, whether the supply side or whether the demand side. The need for having this information with a...

Over the last years there has been considerable interest in the application of long memory time series models in economics using ARFIMA models. Nowadays, the most popular estimator of the difference parameter in economic applications is that proposed by Geweke and Porter-Hudak (GPH) although has...

This paper examines the most productive authors, institutions and countries in regional and urban science from 1991 to 2000 using information on published articles (and pages) from a sample of widely recognized journals in this field: ARS, JUE, JRS, IJURR, IRSR, PRS, RSUE, RS and US. We also...