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Bayesian learning in mis-specified models
(2000-02)A central unanswered question in economic theory is that of price formation in disequilibrium. This paper lays down the methodological groundwork for a model that has been suggested as an answer to this question (Arrow, ... -
Benchmarking of patents: An application of GAM methodology
Mariel Chladkova, Petr
; (2007-04)
The present article reexamines some of the issues regarding the benchmarking of patents using the NBER data base on U.S. patents by generalizing a parametric citation model and by estimating it using GAM methodology. The ... -
Bertso transformation with pattern-based sampling
(2015-08-07)This paper presents a method to generate new melodies, based on conserving the semiotic structure of a template piece. A pattern discovery algorithm is applied to a template piece to extract significant segments: those ... -
Business cycles in a small open economy: The case of Hong Kong
; Iza Padilla, María Amaya (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2011-12)
This paper analyzes the business cycle properties of the Hong Kong economy during the 1982-2004 period, which includes the financial crisis experienced in 1997-98. We show that output, output growth rate and real interest ... -
Can the change in the composition of the US GDP explain the Great Moderation? A test via oil price shocks
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2012)The paper investigates whether the growing GDP share of the services sector can contribute to explain the great moderation in the US. We identify and analyze three oil price shocks and use a SVAR analysis to measure their ... -
Career Planning in Spain: Do temporary contracts delay marriage and motherhood?
De la Rica Goiricelaya, Sara; Iza Padilla, María Amaya (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2003-04)
The aim of this paper is to find an empirical connection between the impressive increase in the use of temporary contracts in Spain and the observed increase in age at marriage and maternity. Using a pool of the six available ... -
Ceilings and Floors? Gender Wage Gaps by Education in Spain
De la Rica Goiricelaya, Sara; Dolado, Juan J.; Llorens, Vanessa (University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005)
This paper analyses the gender wage gaps by education throughout the wage distribution in Spain using individual data from the ECHP (1999). Quantile regressions are used to estimate the wage returns to the different ... -
Centro de Acogida Inmediata –CAI- para víctimas de violencia de género: marco teórico
Oion Encina, Rakel (2014-06)
[ES] En el documento se desarrolla la evolución de los distintos conceptos empleados para nombrar la violencia contra las mujeres desde una perspectiva amplia sobre las múltiples formas de violencia que las afecta. Se ... -
Characterization of efficient networks in a generalized connections model with endogenous link strength
Olaizola Ortega, María Norma; Valenciano Llovera, Federico (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, UPV/EHU, 2019-05-09)
We consider a natural generalization of Jackson and Wolinsky s (1996) connections model where the quality or strength of a link depends on the amount invested in it and is determined by a non-decreasing function of that ... -
Choice experiment study on the willingness to pay to improve
Abdullah, Sabah; Mariel Chladkova, Petr (2009-06)
Modern forms of energy are an important vehicle towards poverty alleviation in rural areas of developing countries. Most developing countries’ households heavily rely on wood fuel which impact their health and social–economic ... -
Choice of Flexible Production Technologies Under Strategic Delegation
; Olaizola Ortega, María Norma (2004-09)
This work analyzes a managerial delegation model in which firms can choose between a flexible production technology which allows them to produce two different products and a dedicated production technology which limits ... -
Choice of Product Variety for the Durable Goods Monopolist
Casado Izaga, Francisco Javier; (1999-01)
This paper analyzes the strategic choice of variety by a monopolist seller of a durable good as a means to mitigate his commitment problem. The monopolist chooses his product variety with a goal of ensuring that a strong ... -
Coalitional games with veto players: Myopic and farsighted behavior
(Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, 2013-10-10)This paper studies an allocation procedure for coalitional games with veto players. The procedure is similar to the one presented by Dagan et al. (1997) for bankruptcy problems. According to it, a player, the proposer, ... -
Commitment Power in a Non-Stationary Durable-Good Market
Usategui Díaz de Otalora, José María (2001-05)
This paper derives and evaluates the decisions of a durable good monopolist in a context where demand for the services of the durable good changes over time. It shows that, if the size of the market decreases over time, ... -
Communities in complex networks
Moujahid, Abdelmalik (2013-01-16)
The study of complex networks has attracted the attention of the scientific community for many obvious reasons. A vast number of systems, from the brain to ecosystems, power grid, and the Internet, can be represented as ... -
Comparative Study of Alternatives Analysis of Incomplete Disjunctive Tables
Zárraga Castro, María Amaya; Goitisolo Lezama, Beatriz (2000-05)
[EN] Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) studies the relationship between several categorical variables defined with respect to a certain population. However, one of the main sources of information are those surveys in ... -
Comparing the performance of different approaches to deal with attribute non-attendance in discrete choice experiments: a simulation experiment
Hoyos Ramos, David; Mariel Chladkova, Petr ; (2010)
There is a growing body of literature acknowledging that respondents to DCE often use simplifying strategies, like ignoring one or several attributes to provide with their choices. Two main approaches have appeared to ... -
Competition, regulation, and pricing behavior in the Spanish retail gasoline market
(2006)The restructuring of the Spanish oil industry produced a highly concentrated oligopoly in the retail gasoline market. In June 1990 the Spanish government introduced a system of ceiling price regulation in order to ensure ... -
Competitive Pressure and Job Interview Lying: A Game Theoretical Analysis
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2012)We consider a job contest in which candidates go through interviews (cheap talk) and are subject to reference checks. We show how competitive pressure - increasing the ratio of "good" to "bad" type candi- dates - can ... -
Complemento práctico en la enseñanza de lenguajes formales usando las expresiones regulares en el contexto de aplicaciones web
Blanco Arbe, José Miguel; Sánchez Ortega, Ana (2007)
Tradicionalmente la enseñanza de los autómatas y lenguajes formales basa su principal aplicación práctica en la construcción de compiladores. Sin embargo, las tareas de diseño y programación necesarias son excesivamente ...