Immigration is an important problem in many societies, and it has wide-ranging effects on the educational systems of host countries. There is a now a large empirical literature, but very little theoretical work on this topic. We introduce a model of family immigration in a framework where school...

We propose and analyze a new solution concept, the R solution, for three-person, transferable utility, cooperative games. In the spirit of the Nash Bargaining Solution, our concept is founded on the predicted outcomes of simultaneous, two-party negotiations that would be the alternative to the...

In this paper, we study the determinants of political myopia in a rational model of electoral accountability where the key elements are informational frictions and uncertainty. We build a framework where political ability is ex-ante unknown and policy choices are not perfectly observable. On the...

En esta nota se introducen algunos ajustes a los datos presupuestarios disponibles sobre los ingresos y los gastos de las comunidades autónomas con el fin de corregir las distorsiones generadas por la forma en la que se han contabilizado algunas partidas. Las series ajustadas se utilizan para...

El presente artículo examina de manera crítica la tesis nacionalista del maltrato fiscal, tanto en lo que respecta a la financiación del Gobierno regional catalán como al saldo fiscal de la comunidad autónoma. Su conclusión es que las quejas nacionalistas no están bien fundamentadas. Con...

En este trabajoo se construyen series homogeneizadas de financiación a competencias homogéneas para las comunidades autónomas de régimen común durante el período 2002-10, así como series complementarias de financiación por caja y financiación destinada a competencias singulares....

In this paper we construct a data set on EU cohesion aid to Spain during the planning period 1994-99. The data are disaggregated by region, year and function and attempt to approximate the timing of actual executed expenditure on assisted projects.

Aid for fighting infectious and parasitic diseases has had a statistically significant role in the under-five mortality reduction in the last decade. Point estimates indicate a country average reduction of 1.4 deaths per thousand under fives live-born attributable to aid at its average level in...

We study the effectiveness of leaders for inducing coordinated organizational change to a more efficient equilibrium, i.e., a turnaround. We compare communication from leaders to incentive increases and also compare the effectiveness of randomly selected and elected leaders. While all...

En esta nota se recopilan los datos utilizados en el artículo de opinión titulado "El mito alemán" y se describen en detalle los cálculos que allí se resumen sobre la financiación relativa de algunas regiones alemanas y españolas y sobre la parte de los saldos fiscales de las mismas que...