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Ranking Scientists
Burgos, Albert - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia - 2010
Purpose: I provide a framework to construct rankings of scientists based on journal articles and their citations …. Design/Methodology/Approach: I assume a model in which the quantity and the impact of publications are economic goods and … derive the performance measure induced by utility maximization. Findings: I prove that when quantity and impact are perfect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629498
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Is there a Producer Quality Wage Premium similar to the Exporter Wage Premium
Hernández, Pedro Jesús - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia - 2012
Exporter wage premium has been widely studied in the literature on international trade. The aim of this paper is analyze whether there is also a producer quality wage premium at firm level, and if so, analyze whether its origin is similar to the exporter wage premium. In other words, I test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199197
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Modelling an Immigration Shock
Boldrin, Michelle; Montes, Ana - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia - 2013
household would insure against "immigration risk" efficiently. We use the model to study the impact of immigration in (i) the … complete market allocation. We also show the impact of immigration shock in a small open economy.In this case the external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199953
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Long-run intergenerational social mobility and the distribution of surnames
Romeu, Andrés; Collado, M. Dolores; Ortuño Ortin, Ignacio - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia - 2013
We develop a novel methodology to analyze intergenerational social mobility over long periods of time when the precise ancestors of the individual cannot be identi...ed. We base our approach on the incorporation of surnames in the analysis of social mobility, applying our methodology to assess...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199954
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A note on the link between firm size and exports
Hernández, Pedro J. - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia - 2013
This paper re-examines the link between firm size and exports in order to study the proposal that consists of increasing the firm size to raise exports as a way out of the current economic crisis. The elasticity of export propensity (percentage of exported sales) with respect to firm size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199955
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Technological Development and Software Piracy
Romeu, Andrés; Martinez-Sanchez, Francisco - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia - 2015
In this paper, we analyze the differences in piracy rates from one country to another. Like previous papers on the topic, we find that more developed countries have lower incentives for pirating. Unlike previous papers, we find that the piracy rate is positively correlated with the tax burden...
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Specialization across goods and export quality
Alcalá, Francisco - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia - 2014
This paper explores the link between international specialization across goods and within goods along the quality dimension. The analysis is performed in a multi-country model with an integer number of efficiency heterogeneous firms producing each good and under reasonably general assumptions on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011199957
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Price Indexes, Inequality, and the Measurement of World Poverty
Deaton, Angus - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 1, pp. 5-34
I discuss the measurement of world poverty and inequality, with particular attention to the role of purchasing power parity (PPP) price indexes from the International Comparison Project. Global inequality increased with the latest revision of the ICP, and this reduced the global poverty line...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622175
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Structural reforms and budget deficits in a monetary union: a strategic approach
Campoy, Juan Cristobal; Negrete, Juan Carlos - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia - 2009
This paper explores the interrelations between budget deficits and structural reforms in a monetary union. The analysis considers the international spillovers generated by both policies. We show that efforts to achieve fiscal policy coordination within the Eurozone reduce member countries’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629495
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Copying, superstars and artistic creation
Alcalá, Francisco; Gonzalez-Maestre, Miguel - Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad de Murcia - 2009
We provide a new perspective on the impact of unauthorized copying and copy levies on artistic creation. Our analysis … increasing the number of highly talented artists in the long run. The long run impact on artistic creation of levies on copy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629496