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Freedom of choice: the leximax criterion in the infinite case
Many recent works have investigated the problem of extending a preference over a set of alternatives to its power set, in an attempt to provide a formal representation of the notion of freedom of choice. In general, results ... -
Funcionarios y personal al servicio de la Diputación Foral asesinados en Navarra durante la Guerra Civil de 1936
El personal laboral de empresas e instituciones públicas sufrió una intensa depuración tras el golpe de estado contra la II República, siendo buena parte de estos trabajadores también asesinados. Este informe, realizado ... -
A further generalization of the Solow growth model: the role of the public sector
We develop in this paper an augmented version of the Solow (1956) growth model, including the role of government. The model leads to a non-monotonic relationship between the rate of growth of per capita output and government ... -
Gender bias in sex ratio at birth: the case of India
A deeply-rooted preference for sons may decrease the relative number of female births. Though there are variables that may help to erode the couple's preference for sons, these same variables may also increase the availability ... -
A general framework for the macroeconomic analysis of monetary unions
The objective of this paper is to develop a general framework for the macroeconomic modelling of monetary unions, which could be useful for policy analysis, as well as for teaching purposes. Our starting point will be the ... -
Geografía y dinámica de la desigualdad regional en la Unión Europea
¿Son permanentes o temporales los desequilibrios de renta entre regiones? El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la evolución de la desigualdad regional en renta por habitante en la Unión Europea en el período 1977-1999. ... -
Gertakari errepresiboak kuantifikatzea: Nafarroako Memoria Historikoaren Dokumentu Funtsaren azalpena eta erronkak
En este documento se presentan los fundamentos historiográficos y metodológicos de la base de datos del Fondo Documental de la Memoria Histórica en Navarra, desarrollada en la Universidad Pública ... -
The great moderation of inflation: a structural analysis of recent U.S. monetary business cycles
U.S. inflation has experienced a great moderation in the last two decades. This paper examines the factors behind this and other stylized facts, such as the weaker correlation of inflation and nominal interest rate (Gibson ... -
Growth and public support to research and imitation: the international connection
This paper studies technology policy within the context of an R&D-based growth model. We first use cross-country data to document several empirical regularities regarding the relationship between public support to research ... -
Growth with technical change and human capital: transition dynamics versus steady state predictions
This paper studies the steady-state and transitional dynamics predictions of an R&D-based growth model and evaluates their performance in explaining income disparities across countries. We fnd that even though steady-state ... -
Health related quality of life of patients with generalized anxiety disorder
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 ... -
How much are people willing to pay for silence? A one and half bound DC CV estimate
Noise is a major urban problem that has not received much attention from environmental economists. In this paper we present an attempt to value a noise reduction program in a Spanish city. Contingent valuation has been ... -
Identity, incentives and motivational capital in public organizations
This paper explores optimality of contracts and incentives when the principal (public organization) can undertake investments to change agents’ (public workers) identity. In the model, workers within the organization can ... -
Imitation theory and experimental evidence
We introduce a generalized theoretical approach to study imitation and subject it to rigorous experimental testing. In our theoretical analysis we find that the different predictions of previous imitation models are due ... -
Incentives beyond the money and motivational capital in health care organizations
This paper explores the conditions that characterize the optimality for a principal (health manager) to undertake investments to motivate agents (doctors). In the model, doctors are intrinsically motivated and can have ... -
Incentives beyond the money: identity and motivational capital in public organizations
This paper explores optimality of contracts and incentives when the principal (public organisation) can undertake investments to change agents’ (public workers) identity. In the model, workers within the organisation can ... -
Incentives to give up resource extraction and avoid the tragedy of the commons
This paper develops a general model of common resource extraction where we introduce payments for environmental services to encourage resource users to give up extraction. The goal is to reach a balance between resource ... -
Incentives when altruism is impure: the case of blood and living organ donations
The decision to donate blood and living organs is considered voluntary and altruistic. However, the shortage of donors has opened an interesting debate in recent years, considering offering economic incentives to donors. ... -
Incidencia, riesgo y evolución de las fracturas osteoporóticas de cuello de fémur en las mujeres en España, a partir de un modelo de Markov
El objetivo de este estudio es estimar la incidencia, por edad y género, de fracturas osteoporóticas de cuello de fémur, así’ como el riesgo de dichas fracturas a lo largo de la vida, en mujeres de diferentes grupos de ... -
Incomplete preferences and the preference for flexibility
Sometimes individual agents display in their decisions a preference for having more opportunities to choose from. In this paper this fact is interpreted from a preference for flexibility approach, which links with the ...