Gragera, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-10-20)
Parking policy has attracted considerable research interest in the past, but it is currently a hotly debated topic given the market-oriented turn taken by the sector and the complexities of the market’s ...
Romarri, Alessio (Date of defense: 2021-07-02)
Understanding what drives individuals to vote for parties or individuals who have often used violent rhetoric toward women and minorities and enacted discriminatory laws is critical. At the same time, ...
Solé Juvés, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2014-05-12)
This thesis is concerned with the relationship between disability and working conditions. In the first two chapters we investigate how past and current working conditions, in conjunction with other ...
Sanz Fernández, Àlex (Date of defense: 2016-01-11)
In this thesis I analyze access problems to basic services like water and energy in developing countries. The objective of the thesis is to show how to improve access to water services and clean energies ...
Cuccu, Liliana (Date of defense: 2023-06-20)
[eng] The question of whether automation will cause mass unemployment has been a pressing concern in recent years. While estimates on the number of automatable occupations vary, the prospect of a ...
Mazaira Font, Ferran A. (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)
[eng] Economic policies and institutional design and decision-making vary greatly accross countries. Germany, the US and Canada, are federal states, where decision-making and economic policies are highly ...
Curto Grau, Marta (Date of defense: 2013-05-21)
Nevertheless, this peculiarity of the Spanish political system did not eliminate the incentives for governments to use pork-barrel policies. On the one hand, despite electoral results being centrally ...
Armada Ramírez, Ferran (Date of defense: 2016-01-26)
In this work we investigate the effect of energy (electricity) market integration in Europe and its effects on electricity prices and efficiency improvements in electricity producing firms. We first ...
García-Barrero, José Antonio (Date of defense: 2022-07-07)
Circular migrations have played an important role in multiple migratory episodes in the past and present. They have also increasingly been a source of interest for political institutions. Based on the ...
Vall Prat, Pau (Date of defense: 2022-06-28)
[eng] This dissertation examines the origins and consequences of intra-elite political competition. Specifically, it focuses on elite tensions and its role in the democratization process under electoral ...