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      A time varying coefficient model for panel data: Foreign Direct Investment in European OECD countries 

      Mariel Chladkova, Petr ORCID; Orbe Mandaluniz, Susan; Rodríguez González, Carlos ORCID (2007-04)
      The present article reexamines some of the issues regarding the Knowledge-Capital Model that encompasses both horizontal and vertical Foreign Direct Investment described in detail in the literature. The empirical support ...
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      A two-stage stochastic integer programming approach 

      Escudero Bueno, Laureano F.; Garín Martín, María Araceli ORCID; Merino Maestre, María ORCID; Pérez Sainz de Rozas, Gloria ORCID (2005)
      We present an algorithmic approach for solving two-stage stochastic mixed 0-1 problems. The first stage constraints of the Deterministic Equivalent Model have 0--1 variables and continuous variables. The approach uses the ...
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      Absorbing Sets in Coalitional Systems 

      Iñarra García, María Elena ORCID; Kuipers, Jerome; Olaizola Ortega, María Norma ORCID (2001-12)
      The purpose of this paper is twofold: First, to present an approach and a solution for analyzing the stability of coalition structures: We define a coalitional system (a set and a binary relation on that set) that explains ...
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      Adam Smith on Capital and Income 

      Ormazabal Sánchez, Kepa Mirena ORCID (2002-02)
      In this paper I critically analyze Smith's thesis in book I, chapter 6 of the "Wealth of Nations" that the replacement of the capital goods consumed in production becomes fully income. I argue that Smith’s argument is ...
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      Analysis of Length of Time Spent in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy 

      Orbe Lizundia, Jesús María ORCID; Ferreira García, María Eva ORCID; Núñez Antón, Vicente Alfredo ORCID (2001-01)
      This paper investigates original issuers of high yield bonds in Chapter 11 bankruptcy to determine which factors affect the length of time spent in Chapter 11. In order to do this analysis we propose a flexible new duration ...
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      Analysis of the relationship between International Immigration and Unemployement 

      Díaz-Emparanza Herrero, Ignacio ORCID; Miranda Espinosa, Alexandra (2000-10)
      [EN] The relationship between the unemployment and the international immigration is getting interest while the differences between poor and rich countries are stressed. The poor countries offer cheap work force to occupy ...
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      Analysis of volatility transmissions in integrated and interconnected markets: The case of the Iberian and French markets 

      Ciarreta Antuñano, Aitor ORCID; Zárraga Alonso, Ainhoa ORCID (2012)
      This paper models the mean and volatility spillovers of prices within the integrated Iberian and the interconnected Spanish and French electricity markets. Using the constant (CCC) and dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) ...
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      Análisis descriptivo de la población ocupada en la CAPV (1993-1999) 

      Oguiza Tovar, Ainhoa (2003)
      El presente trabajo realiza el análisis descriptivo de la población ocupada en la economía de la CAPV, en el período 1993-1999. Dicho análisis se lleva a cabo con el objeto de comparar la población ocupada con estudios ...
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      Análisis descriptivo del desempleo en la CAPV (1993-1999) 

      Oguiza Tovar, Ainhoa (2003)
      El presente trabajo realiza el análisis descriptivo de la población parada y, posteriormente la que está buscando empleo en la CAPV, en el período 1993-1999. El interés se centra en observar si estamos ante un paro de larga ...
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      Application of the Analysis Cluster in the economic environment. A study of the neighborhoods of Donostia 

      Jiménez López, Mariano ORCID; Zárraga Castro, María Amaya ORCID; Zubia Zubiaurre, Marian ORCID (2000-10)
      [EN] We try to study the quality of life in Donostia, in the sense that we want to study the relationship that can exist among those inhabitants of the housings and the structure of the same ones. We will attempt to look ...
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      Bayesian learning in mis-specified models 

      Schinkel, Maarten-Pieter; Tuinstra, Jan; Vermeulen, Dries (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, ...
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      Benchmarking of patents: An application of GAM methodology 

      Mariel Chladkova, Petr ORCID; Orbe Mandaluniz, Susan (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 ...
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      Choice experiment study on the willingness to pay to improve 

      Abdullah, Sabah; Mariel Chladkova, Petr ORCID (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 ...
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      Choice of Product Variety for the Durable Goods Monopolist 

      Casado Izaga, Francisco Javier ORCID; Saracho de la Torre, Ana Isabel (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 ...
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      Commitment Power in a Non-Stationary Durable-Good Market 

      Usategui Díaz de Otalora, José María ORCID (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, ...
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      Comparative Study of Alternatives Analysis of Incomplete Disjunctive Tables 

      Zárraga Castro, María Amaya ORCID; 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 ...
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      Comparing the performance of different approaches to deal with attribute non-attendance in discrete choice experiments: a simulation experiment 

      Hoyos Ramos, David ORCID; Mariel Chladkova, Petr ORCID; Meyerhoff, Jürgen (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 ...
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      Competition, regulation, and pricing behavior in the Spanish retail gasoline market 

      Contín Pilart, Ignacio; Correljé, Aad F.; Palacios, María Blanca (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 ...
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      Conditional beta pricing models: A nonparametric approach 

      Ferreira García, María Eva ORCID; Gil Bazo, Javier; Orbe Mandaluniz, Susan (2010)
      We propose a two-stage procedure to estimate conditional beta pricing models that allow for flexibility in the dynamics of assets' covariances with risk factors and market prices of risk (MPR). First, conditional covariances ...
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      Consumption-Leisure Trade-offs and Persistency in Business Cycles 

      Barañano Mentxaka, Ilaski ORCID; Moral Zuazo, María Paz ORCID (2007)
      This paper studies whether nonseparabilities between consumption and leisure may help to explain the observed persistence in GNP growth. We consider an extended version of Lucas' (1988) human capital investment model that ...