Nogués Marco, Pilar (Date of defense: 2010-01-22)
The discovery of America was followed by a flow of precious metals to Spain and Portugal, and from there throughout the world. Historiography has reconstructed the quantities of gold and silver transferred ...
Aguilar Retureta, José (Date of defense: 2016-04-05)
The motivation of this dissertation is multi-fold. Firstly, regional income disparity is widely considered to be a central concern among economists and policy makers. This responds to many facts. Usually, ...
Martínez Galarraga, Julio (Date of defense: 2010-10-29)
IN ENGLISH:<br/><br/>This thesis represents an attempt to examine the evolution and causes of regional inequality in Spain during the early stages of economic development, in the period in which the ...
Sabaté Domingo, Oriol (Date of defense: 2015-10-21)
The thesis offers a new database of military expense in Spain from middle of the century nineteen up to the current importance, as well as three analyses of the determining ones and the economic and ...
Galán del Castillo, Elena (Date of defense: 2015-02-27)
The main motivation of this dissertation is to add the environmental dimension to the Economic History of the changes in agriculture in Catalonia since the late 19th century. According to ...
Torregrosa-Hetland, Sara (Date of defense: 2016-01-27)
This thesis analyses the Spanish tax system between 1960 and 1990, with special attention to the developments in progressivity, redistribution and inequality. It addresses the reforms that took place ...
Herranz Loncán, Alfonso (Date of defense: 2003-01-22)
This thesis analyses the impact of infrastructure on Spanish economic growth during the period 1845-1935. It is aimed at overcoming two shortcomings that have characterised historians’ interpretations ...