Fernández Cebrián, Pablo (Date of defense: 2022-12-21)
[eng] Consolidating state capacity and ensuring inclusive access to quality education are two of the greatest challenges facing countries around the world today, and are particularly relevant for many ...
Tsiachtsiras, Georgios (Date of defense: 2022-03-25)
The long-term growth of economies depends crucially on their capacity to introduce technological progress. Innovation and technological change are at the heart of economic growth. The diffusion of ...
Caum-Julio, Jordi (Date of defense: 2023-04-27)
[eng] The determinants of economic development have been largely studied in social sciences. Researchers have mostly pointed at geographic (Roy, 2014; Sachs and Warner, 2001) and institutional factors ...
Jia Zheng, Yuan (Date of defense: 2023-05-31)
[eng] Over the last four decades, China has emerged as the world's main economic actor. This thesis aims to provide a new understanding of the re-emergence of the Chinese economy. The main hypothesis ...