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Measuring economic segregation in the US-Metropolitan areas
(2021)
This paper aims to provide empirical evidence on “Income Ethnical Segregation” by constructing an index that analyses US Census Data from 1990 until 2010. Following the groundwork of the “SSI” the results can be considered ...
Geometry of Diffusion: structure of connectivity and systemic risk in financial networks.
(2021)
Ever since the 2008 global financial crises, both scholars and practitioners have argued that the interconnectivity of financial and banking networks is a key determinant of global systemic risk. Employing a simple diffusion ...
Supported degree: a new network measure
(2021)
Since interaction between people exists at all levels of human activity, understanding how the patterns of interactions shape behavior and performance of network members is a key question across social sciences.
This ...
The need for requalification in the Spanish labour market: mapping employment with workplace skills
(2021)
This study addresses the empirical relationship between job tasks and employment share changes in Spain for the period 1997-2019. To do so, we use the novel European representative data on skills/tasks ESCO. Overall, we ...
Opportunity bias in Spain: empirical evidence, drivers and trends
(2021)
The aim of this study is to measure opportunity bias in Spain. This purpose requires to analyse current outcomes as a function of opportunities, and how the latter affect the first. Opportunities are defined in terms of ...
Estimation of costs and benefits of debris mitigation
(2021)
Space debris is an ever escalating problem that is increasing the orbital scarcity and threatening its sustainability. In this document, we present a model for the market of satellite services where firms’ activity imposes ...
The relation between electricity and natural gas spot prices in Spain: cointegration and volatility spill-over analysis
(2021)
The relation between electricity and natural gas prices got increased attention recently, after their joint rise in many European countries. The present Master Thesis explains the theoretical relation between both markets ...
Gender gap in the energy sector. Evidence from Spain
(2021)
The energy transition is at the heart of the current energy debate and its social dimension is becoming more relevant in the latest policy developments. This Master Thesis aims to develop the research on one of the ...
The demand for health services in Spain: does having private insurance matter?
(2021)
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the question of whether there exists any difference in the use of the Spanish healthcare services between privately and publicly insured individuals. The analysis is carried out ...
Asset pricing: analysis of multi-factor models using Fama and French factors
(2021)
The present paper considers the five factors proposed by Fama and French (1992, 2015), plus the factor proposed by Carhartt (1997): market premium, size, book-to-market ratio, profitabil- ity, investment, and momentum. The ...