<b>Resumen:</b><br> <br> Este trabajo utiliza datos desagregados territorial y sectorialmente para evaluar la importancia de las fuentes y de las perturbaciones sobre la fluctuación del output industrial de las regiones españolas. Los objetivos del estudio son tres. En primer lugar, conocer las fuentes de...

<b>RESUMEN:</b><br> <br> La reciente crisis económica deja atrás los niveles de crecimiento en los tráficos soportados por las diferentes Autoridades Portuarias de nuestro país en las últimas décadas. En este contexto de restricciones presupuestarias, los gestores financieros de las infraestructuras...

The recovery of the Asia-Pacific from the global economic crisis of 2008-09 is underway but incomplete. Despite encouraging progress, major risks remain, ranging from slow growth and persistent unemployment to reemerging global imbalances and renewed financial volatility. The policies that...

This paper examines the evolution and causes of poverty in Cartagena, Colombia, during the period 2002-2005. We use a probabilistic model (probit) to identify the individual characteristics that explain the incidence of poverty in the city. We also examine the concept of vulnerability, defined...

We present a provisional estimation of the evolution of second homes in the Spanish regions over the period 2001-2007, using this variable as one of the most important indicators of non hotel tourism, and compare with trends in the previous decade. We cite several studies and information related...

One of the main factors that act as catalysts for small business creation seems to be the existence of business clusters. This study uses both standard and spatial statistics methodologies and tools to analyze the dynamics of small business clusters and the degree to which it is influenced by...

The reduction of income disparities between regions is a basic target of regional policy in most advanced economies. Although expenditures on social policies are substantial parts of government spending as compared with regional policies, yet little is known about their effects on regional...

Productivity is high in cities partly because the urban environment acts as a self-selection mechanism.  If workers have imperfect information about the quality of workers with whom they match and matches take place within cities, then high-ability workers will choose to live and work in...

We consider a model with two industrialized countries facing a flow of high-skilled immigrants from the "rest of the world". The countries, that choose immigration quotas, differ in degree of labor complementarity between the natives and immigrants, the population size, and level of cultural...