In the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), the bases for a world sustainable development were set. Ten years later it took place in Johannesburg the World Summit on Sustainable Development, where it was discussed about the fulfilled advances and it...

This paper evaluates the effects of big-box openings on the closure of grocery stores at the municipality level. To estimate these effects, I use a discontinuity in commercial regulation in Spain as the source of exogenous variation for the period 2003 to 2011. More specifically, this...

Using a unique dataset a non-parametric decomposition, we determined whether immigrants with native name, immigrants with foreign name and natives have different outcomes in Spain's housing market. Results suggest there are significant price discounts for immigrants with native names relative to...

In this paper, a micro-founded model dealing with the effects of regional sizing on economic growth is developed. Departing from bigger sizes, reduction involves more efficient public choices because of proximity to individual preferences and needs, but also creates the risk of underestimation...

Given the recent increase observed in crime and violence related to sport activities and the subsequent need for governments to devote more resources to deter this pattern, this article presents empirical evidence that could justify the possibility of taxing the negative externalities associated...

Using a unique dataset a non-parametric decomposition, we determined whether immigrants with native name, immigrants with foreign name and natives have different outcomes in Spain's housing market. Results suggest there are significant price discounts for immigrants with native names relative to...

<b>Resumen:</b><br> <br> Este trabajo analiza la competitividad en la economía española, siendo el ámbito geográfico de la investigación el espacio provincial. Así, se han desarrollado dos grandes bloques. En el primero, se presenta la construcción de un indicador compuesto, siendo el análisis...

<b>RESUMEN</b><br> <br> Se ha elaborado un análisis de la evolución de la política internacional y europea, en relación a la gestión de los recursos hídricos, para identificar y comparar principios, objetivos y métodos de actuación en dos países mediterráneos miembros de la Unión Europea: Italia y...

The objective of this work is to study employment growth and its determinants in Spain at a high degree of spatial disaggregation. The impossibility of accessing data on GDP at local scale makes this a particularly interesting issue, as employment growth can be used as a proxy of local economic...

В данной работе представлен краткий обзор теоретических аспектов проведения региональной политики, а также более подробно исследуются практические аспекты ее...