We analyze whether the Olympic Games contribute to a process of democratization in the awarded country, as postulated in the cases of the 2008 and 2014 Olympics, controlling for endogeneity issues that may arise if the decision to award host status by the International Olympic Committee is...

Intro -- Early Economic Thought in Spain, 1177-1740 -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, p. vii -- Foreword, p. ix -- I. The Middle Ages, p. 1 -- 1. In Concealment of Usury, p. 3 -- 2. Greek Economics in Spain, p. 60 -- II. The Age of Mercantilism, p. 81 -- 3. The School of...

"Over the last decade, Spain has become an emblem of the contradictory relationship between capitalism and housing. During the house-price boom of the 2000s, Spain built homes on an unprecedented scale, with output levels that overshadowed those of every major European economy. Nevertheless,...

Cover -- Title page -- CIP data -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: What Is ISO 9001? -- Why 9001? -- A Few Words about Certification Bodies -- Getting Going -- Chapter 2: Overview of Your Quality Management System -- The Quality Management Principles...

With the opening of sea routes in the fifteenth century, groups of men and women left Portugal to establish themselves across the ports and cities of the Atlantic or Ocean sea. They were refugees and migrants, traders and mariners, Jews, Catholics, and the Marranos of mixed...

Are immigrants more enterprising than natives in Spain? How successful are migrant entrepreneurs compared to those who start businesses in their country of birth? With the growth of migration worldwide, questions such as these are garnering the attention of economists, policymakers and scholars....