En este trabajo se analizan los efectos de una disminuci—n de los tipos de las cotizaciones sociales, compensada con un incremento en los tipos del impuesto sobre el valor añadido, como la que tuvo lugar en España en 1995. Para ello se utiliza un modelo de equilibrio general aplicado a la...

Background: The efficacy of combination therapy in previous non responders to interferon (IFN) monotherapy with chronic hepatitis C is lower than in naïve patients, and there has been no economic evaluation in this population. Aim: To develop a cost-effectiveness analysis of therapeutic...

We analyse in this paper the relationship between outward FDI and exports, with Spanish quarterly data for the period 1977-1992. The empirical methodology makes use of Granger-causality tests in a cointegration framework, where the order of lags for each variable has been selected by means of...

With the concept of Òsocietal perspectiveÓ in mind, a study using the PTO and 8 EQ-5D defined health states, (using two selection criteria: states self assessed by people in a real context -women with breast cancer-, and similar distance in the TTO-York tariff), with a sample of 51 individuals...

El presente estudio lleva a cabo un análisis de los factores determinantes de la competitividad comercial de los sectores industriales españoles durante el período de tiempo 1973-1993, con respecto a sus principales competidores, los países integrantes de la UE, desde una perspectiva...

This paper tries to analyse the main features associated with foreign direct investment (FDI) directed to Spanish manufacturing, both across industries and through time. To this end, we will make use of a data set on 20 manufacturing industries for the years 1986-1992, in which Spanish...

The present paper seeks to analyse regional and industry wage differentials in Spain. Differences in observed industry and regional earnings are to be expected, whenever the considered individuals differ whith respect to their human capital characteristics. However, the paper shows, using data...

This paper discusses the relative effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policies in a series of dynamic models of the open economy, by embodying in a unified general framework some different assumptions previously stated in the literature. In addition to the final steady-state results, we also...

The welfare effort (social spending as a percentage of GDP) has conventionally been the preferred measure for comparisons in space and time of the level of development of welfare states. However, frequent mentions are made in the relevant literature of the drawbacks of this measure as an...

Aims: To analyze the health-related quality of life of patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), with respect to the population at large and to a control group. The following goals are addressed: 1.- To determine what, if any, differences exist between the health status of patients...