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Factors Affecting Geographic Distribution of Populations
Traditionally, economic theory explains population distribution according to the physical distance from the centres of interest. One study proposes a new methodology which introduces the idea of subjective distance, which also takes into account other variables. In...
On the Economics of Happiness and Climate Change
A doctoral thesis analyzes climate change impacts and politics from the perspective of happiness. For the purpose, it takes the case of floods of varying intensity as examples of extreme climate events and compares the decrease in income resulting from the current crisis with...
Choosing partners to innovate
A novel argument assesses that the success of a collaborative partnership in R&D agreements depends on its length and on identifying suitable efficient combinations of the initial technological endowments of partners. As the time horizon of the agreement expands, the probability of identifying a...
Long term earnings inequality, earnings instability and temporary employment in Spain
Cross-sectional earnings inequality of male full-time employees falls over the second half of the nineties in Spain. A study finds that such decline was determined by a decrease in earnings instability and an increase in...
Researchers Address Economic Dangers of ‘Peak Oil’ in USA
Researchers from the ICTA-UAB and the University of Maryland (UMD) demonstrate in a new study which sectors could put the entire U.S. economy at risk when global oil production peaks (‘Peak Oil”). This multi-disciplinary team...
Effects of Rising Oil Prices on Tourism Studied
A study involving an ICREA researcher at the UAB recommends designing strategies that minimize the economic impact on the Spanish tourism sector of a potential rise in oil prices. This paper has analyzed the possible effects of peak oil in this sector. According to these...
