Martínez Vergara, Sucet Jimena (Date of defense: 2021-06-14)
Disruptive innovation has become one of the most renowned types of innovation in the business world. The results of the preliminary review of the literature on this theory have revealed interesting ...
Raftopoulou, Athina (Date of defense: 2019-01-28)
This thesis comprises five chapters in total, starting with a general introduction that raises the issue of obesity as well as a brief description of the basic research questions of the dissertation, ...
Miarons Blanco, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2019-10-21)
This study develops a bibliometric and empirical analysis of the relevance of accounting information when biological assets are measured at fair value versus at historical cost, using an international ...
Pagel, Jeffrey M. (Date of defense: 2021-10-04)
Fighting poverty and protecting the environment are two of the most urgent challenges facing the international community at the start of the 21st century (United Nations, 2015). One aspect that will be ...
Ribó, Ausias (Date of defense: 2016-01-14)
This thesis is composed of 3 independent essays on economic theory. Each essay is meant to be read separately, including footnotes and appendices. In particular, essays 2 and 3 include specific bibliography. ...
Seda Gombau, Gemma (Date of defense: 2016-06-13)
The Spanish Health System and almost every single health system from developed countries, has to face a very important problem that is the raise of the healthcare demand. In the past years, thanks ...
Blanco Aguirre, Cesar Francisco (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)
In this thesis I study observed patterns of structural change in developing countries and how differences in sectoral composition affect economic growth and economic policy. In particular, in chapter ...
Salvadori, Luca (Date of defense: 2015-04-27)
Tax administration is central to the working of any tax system. This thesis focuses on the Spanish case and proves the existence of two kind of externalities that might arise in tax administration ...
Tassinari, Filippo (Date of defense: 2022-09-14)
In this dissertation I aim at documenting costs and benefits of cities through the lenses of transport economics. In the second chapter of this dissertation, I analyse on the long-term economic effects ...
Mussons, Joan Maria (Date of defense: 2018-07-12)
Concerns over sustainability and the cyclical pattern of public finances have been especially great since the onset of the global financial crisis. This thesis comprises four essays which aim to examine ...