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      A connections model with decreasing returns link-formation technology 

      Olaizola Ortega, María Norma ORCID; Valenciano Llovera, Federico ORCID (Springer, 2023-03)
      We study a connections model where the strength of a link depends on the amount invested in it and is determined by an increasing strictly concave function. The revenue from investments in links is the value (information, ...
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      A volatility spillover analysis with realized semi(co)variances in Australian electricity markets 

      Chanatásig-Niza, Evelyn; Ciarreta Antuñano, Aitor ORCID; Zárraga Alonso, Ainhoa ORCID (Elsevier, 2022-07)
      [EN] Volatility spillovers are a characteristic of interconnected electricity markets. We use high-frequency prices to analyze the transmission of volatility across five Australian regional electricity markets. We propose ...
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      Competitiveness among Nandi female husbands 

      Palacios Huerta, Ignacio (National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022-04-26)
      In the Nandi society in Kenya, custom establishes that a woman's "house property" can only be transmitted to male heirs. As not every woman gives birth to a male heir, the Nandi solution to sustain the family lineage is ...
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      Distributional impact of COVID-19: regional inequalities in cases and deaths in Spain during the first wave 

      Gutiérrez Huerta, María José; Inguanzo Lorenzo, Belén ORCID; Orbe Mandaluniz, Susan (Taylor & Francis, 2021-07-03)
      Spain is being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first wave, from mid-March to early June 2020, the disease caused nearly 30,000 deaths in a population of 47 million. This article quantifies the unevenness in ...
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      Do jumps and cojumps matter for electricity price forecasting? Evidence from the German-Austrian day-ahead market 

      Ciarreta Antuñano, Aitor ORCID; Muniain Izaguirre, Peru; Zárraga Alonso, Ainhoa ORCID (Elsevier, 2022-11)
      This paper analyzes the potential for including jumps and cojumps in electricity price forecasting models. The study is carried out on the German-Austrian day-ahead electricity market with a multivariate framework in which ...
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      Dynamic Integrated Model for Assessing Fisheries: Discard Bans as an Implicit Value-Added Tax 

      Da Rocha, José María; Garcia-Cutrin, Javier; Gutiérrez Huerta, María José; Prellezo Iguarán, Raúl; Sánchez, Eduardo (Springer, 2021-09-21)
      Integrated economic models have become popular for assessing climate change. In this paper we show how these methods can be used to assess the impact of a discard ban in a fishery. We state that a discard ban can be ...
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      Effects of Heterogeneity on Cancer: A Game Theory Perspective 

      Laruelle, Annick ORCID; Barreira da Silva Rocha, André; Manini, Claudia; López Fernández de Villaverde, José Ignacio ORCID; Iñarra García, María Elena ORCID (Springer, 2023-08)
      In this study, we explore interactions between cancer cells by using the hawk–dove game. We analyze the heterogeneity of tumors by considering games with populations composed of 2 or 3 types of cell. We determine what ...
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      Environmental corporate social responsibility, R&D and disclosure of “green” innovation knowledge 

      Bárcena Ruiz, Juan Carlos; Garzón San Felipe, María Begoña ORCID; Sagasta Elorza, Amagoia ORCID (Elsevier, 2023-04)
      The literature on the environment has analyzed how firms carry out R&D to reduce their pollutant emissions, assuming that they maximize profits. However, empirical evidence shows that firms are increasingly concerned about ...
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      Environmental policies with consumer-friendly firms and cross-ownership 

      Bárcena Ruiz, Juan Carlos; Sagasta Elorza, Amagoia ORCID (Elsevier, 2021-10)
      This paper analyzes what environmental policy is implemented by governments when there is cross-ownership between polluting firms that care about social concerns. We compare the equilibrium outcomes under environmental ...
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      Exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic environment and generosity 

      Brañas Garza, Pablo; Jorrat, Diego; Alfonso Costillo, Antonio; Espín, Antonio M.; García Muñoz, Teresa María; Kovarik, Jaromir ORCID (Royal Society, 2022-01-12)
      [EN] We report data from an online experiment which allows us to study how generosity changed over a 6-day period during the initial explosive growth of the COVID-19 pandemic in Andalusia, Spain, while the country was under ...
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      Heritage Engagement and Subjective Well-Being in the European Union 

      Ateca Amestoy, Victoria María ORCID; Villarroya, Anna; Wiesand, Andreas Joh. (MDPI, 2021-08-26)
      In this paper, we explore the relationship between different ways of getting engaged with cultural heritage and life satisfaction. Using data from a representative sample of the population of the 28 members of the European ...
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      Hyper-altruistic behavior vanishes with high stakes 

      Brañas Garza, Pablo; Jorrat, Diego; Kovarik, Jaromir ORCID; López, María C. (Public Library Of Science, 2021-08-25)
      Using an incentivized experiment with statistical power, this paper explores the role of stakes in charitable giving of lottery prizes, where subjects commit to donate a fraction of the prize before they learn the outcome ...
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      International trade and environmental corporate social responsibility 

      Bárcena Ruiz, Juan Carlos; Sagasta Elorza, Amagoia ORCID (Elsevier, 2022-11)
      This paper analyzes firms' incentives to engage in environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR) in an international market under imperfect competition. We find that in the absence of environmental taxes firms do ...
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      Metastasis, an Example of Evolvability 

      Laruelle, Annick ORCID; Manini, Claudia; Iñarra García, María Elena ORCID; López Fernández de Villaverde, José Ignacio ORCID (MDPI, 2021-06-21)
      This overview focuses on two different perspectives to analyze the metastatic process taking clear cell renal cell carcinoma as a model, molecular and ecological. On the one hand, genomic analyses have demonstrated up to ...
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      The effect of domain and framing on elicited risk aversion 

      Espinosa Alejos, María Paz ORCID; Ezquerra, Lara (Public Library Science, 2022-09)
      Experimental literature has found that risk attitudes are not robust to different elicitation techniques. However, most comparisons across elicitation methods involve different rewards and framings simultaneously. Our ...
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      The role of production factors on landings heterogeneity between EU countries 

      Inguanzo Lorenzo, Belén ORCID; Gutiérrez Huerta, María José; Orbe Mandaluniz, Susan (Elsevier, 2021-10)
      [EN]Distribution of natural resources is considered to be a key aspect in ensuring the success of conservation policies. The Common Fisheries Policy, implemented by the European Union (EU), is an example of long-term ...
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      Too afraid to vote? The effects of COVID-19 on voting behaviour 

      Fernández Navia, Tania; Polo Muro, Eduardo Ignacio; Tercero Lucas, David (Elsevier, 2021-09)
      This paper studies the causal effect of local exposure to COVID-19 on voting behaviour and electoral outcomes using evidence from the regional elections held in Spain on 12 July 2020. Exploiting the variation in exposure ...