In this paper we make a comparative study of Generalized Least Squares Estimators used by the programs LIMDEP, RATS and TSP for panel data models. In adittion, we analize Hausman test computed by these programs. Monte Carlo experiments are applied in two di¤erents models: models where it is...

The aim of this paper consists of describing, analysing and modelling the dynamic of dailyprice series and its volatility in the Spanish Wholesale Electricity Market. The article describes themain characteristics of the sector after the deregulation process and the factors that establish...

This paper takes into account the presence of oligopolistic rivalry between exporters to evaluate their pricing to market behavior. We specify the pricing policy as a simultaneous equation model, which captures the effects of possible interactions in multiple destination markets. The use of...

The aim of this paper is to determine whether there have been differences in the effectiveness of the transmission mechanism of monetary policy in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom since Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) establishment. The analysis is based on the fulfilment...

This paper is a methodological proposal for the distribution of the Regional Equalization Fund, based on the following principles: (i) To measure the degree of regional development by means of an indicator with an appropiate theoretical basis (an indicator combining both the average income and...

In this study we analyse the effect of stock splits on stocks¿ trading activity using intraday data from a sample of 46 stock splits from the Spanish stock market. In particular, we study changes to trading activity, trading composition, the information asymmetry of stocks, the distribution of...

In this paper conditions under which compensatory policies for the unequal leve1 of regional development should be designed are proposed. It favours the principie of equal treatment of al1 citizens on the part of the public sector regardless of where they live. The inequalities are interpreted...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of the European Monetary Union on the hypothesis of an integrated European Capital Market from January 1993 to December 2004. The extent of the period and the use of Fama and MacBeth [1973]'s methodology for estimating a large number of...

In this paper, we suggest a method to test price-fixing agreements. Prices fixed to multiple shipments are decomposed into a set of destination market effects and time effects in order to allow us to perform an analysis of residuals. We examine the pricing behavior of vitamin C in the European...

In this paper, the Spanish fiscal policy sustainability is tested for the period 1964-1996. The theoretical framework used in this paper draws from Quintos (1995) where a distinction between weak and strong conditions for deficit sustainability is pointed out. From an empirical point of view,...