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The economic consequences of the Brexit vote
(2019)
On June 2016, the British people voted to leave the European Union. This unexpected result provides us with the opportunity to study the impact of the vote on the economy. We replicate the work done by Born et al. (2017) ...
Linguistic Polarization and Conflict in the Basque Country
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2011-12)
This paper investigates the relationship between linguistic polarization and conflict in the Basque Country. During the 40 years of Franco’s dictatorship the use of the Basque language was banned. Therefore, there may be ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On the push and pull factors of internal and external forced migration.
(2020-06-30)
Esta tesis estudia la evolución de la migración forzosa a través de tres perspectivas: flujos diádicos de refugiados, generación de refugiados y desplazados internos (IDP) en países de origen y acogida de hombres y mujeres ...
The effect of a newborn on the household labour supply
(2020)
This master’s thesis investigates the effect of a newborn on household members’ labour market status. With this goal in mind, we use data from the Spanish Household Budget Survey and causal inference methods to estimate ...
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 ...