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Fractional Integration Analysis and its Implications on Profitability: the Case of the Mackerel Market in the Basque Country
(2010)
This paper analyses weekly prices for mackerel landed by the inshore fleet at the ports of the Basque Country in 1995-2008, using new econometric techniques never before applied to the fishing market. The idea is to learn ...
Going Multinational under Exchange Rate Uncertainty
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-02)
A domestic exporting firm faces exchange rate uncertainty and has the option to install capacity abroad, thus becoming multinational. We analyze when the firm should exercise such an option optimally in the context of a ...
Methods for Measuring Aggregate Costs of Conflict
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2010-09)
This paper reviews the methods for measuring the economic cost of conflict. Estimating the economic costs of conflict requires a counterfactual calculation, which makes this a very difficult task. Social researchers have ...
Optimal Correction for Guessing in Multiple-Choice Tests
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2007-12)
Building on Item Response Theory we introduce students’ optimal behavior in multiple-choice tests. Our simulations indicate that the optimal penalty is relatively high, because although correction for guessing discriminates ...
Strategic Votes and Sincere Counterfactuals
(2013-11-07)
The Random Utility Model (RUM) of voting behavior can account for strategic voting by making use of proxy indicators that measure voter incentives to vote strategically. The
contribution of this paper is to propose a new ...
Population age structure and private consumption in Spain
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2002)
In this paper we study the effect of population age distribution upon private consumption expenditure in Spain from 1964 to 1997 using aggregate data. We obtain four main results. First, changes in the population pyramid ...
Travellers' Types
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2010)
This paper uses subjects’ self-reported justifications to explain discrepancies between observed heterogeneous behavior and the unique equilibrium prediction in a one-shot traveler’s dilemma experiment (TD). Principal ...
The Impact of Regulation on Pricing Behavior in the Spanish Electricity Market
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2010-06)
In this paper we measure the impact of regulatory measures which affected the Spanish electricity wholesale market in the period 2002-2005. Our approach is based on the fact that regulation changes firms' incentives and ...
Unraveling Public Good Games: The Role of Priors
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2010-02)
This paper provides experimental evidence on how players predict end game effects in a linear public good game. Our regression analysis yields a measure of the relative importance of priors and signals on subjects\' beliefs ...
Discounting future pain: Effects on self-reported pain
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2010-07)
Empirical results are presented showing that people who acknowledge pain anticipation when expecting an injury experience higher sensitivity to pain (GREP, Robinson et al., 2001). The positive correlation between sensitivity ...