Castells-Quintana, David (Date of defense: 2015-04-10)
This thesis focuses on the study of two global trends characteristic of modern economic development, namely increased agglomeration and inequalities within countries. The thesis contributes to the ...
Hintzmann Colominas, Carolina (Date of defense: 2015-10-09)
The main objective of the present thesis is to analyze the underperformance of labour productivity growth in manufacturing in EU member states and the existence of persistent differences among them in ...
Goya Carrillo, Esther (Date of defense: 2015-03-27)
This dissertation aims to further understand the relationship between innovation and productivity in Spain taking into account the impact of knowledge flows. To this end, Spanish firms from both ...
Ladrón de Guevara Cortés, Rogelio (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
This dissertation focuses on the estimation of the generative multifactor model of returns on equities, under a statistical approach of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT), in the context of the Mexican ...
Villar Frexedas, Óscar (Date of defense: 2015-10-16)
Thesis consists of three empirical studies focusing on financial crisis, which base on different definitions of financial contagion definitions and use of methodological approaches. The first chapter ...
Davtyan, Karen (Date of defense: 2016-04-29)
The general objective of the doctoral thesis is to evaluate the distributive effects of macroeconomic policies. In particular, the thesis assesses the distributional impact of fiscal policy, conventional ...
Nieto Viramontes, Sandra (Date of defense: 2014-09-26)
Investment in human capital is a key tool for the social and economic progress in every country. Thus one of the most important public policies in the last century has focused on increasing the level ...
Osorio Mejía, Ana María (Date of defense: 2013-06-14)
The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to an understanding of the pathways through which structural and intermediary determinants influence child health in Colombia and how they operate through ...
Bahraoui, Zuhair (Date of defense: 2015-03-19)
In this Thesis we addressed two very important themes related to quantitative risk management. On one hand, we provided relevant results about the analysis of extreme value distributions; on the other ...
Hisham Abdelradi Khalaf, Fadi Mohamed (Date of defense: 2014-10-17)
The guiding theme of this thesis is the empirical analysis of recent food price behavior. It is composed of three applied studies that address the impacts of energy prices on both food price levels and ...