Department of Applied Economics. Working papers
The Working Papers (WP) are documents that summarize an original search on a specific topic within a subject or field of study, in order to inform about the state of the research and to quickly disseminate the results. This collection includes the working papers published by the Department of Applied Economics
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2022-02-28
20:27
47 p, 2.0 MB Pictures are worth many words : effectiveness of visual communication in dispelling the rent-control misconception / Brandts, Jordi (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica) ; Busom i Piquer, Isabel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; López-Mayan, Cristina (Universitat de Barcelona) ; Panadés Martí, Judith (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat d'Economia i Empresa
The popular belief that rent-control leads to an increase in the amount of affordable housing is in contradiction with ample empirical evidence and congruent theoretical explanations. It can therefore be qualified as a misconception. [...]
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada 2022 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 02.22)  
2022-02-28
20:12
19 p, 2.2 MB The impact of 'competition for the market' regulatory designs on intercity bus prices / Asensio Ruiz de Alda, Francisco Javier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Matas i Prat, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat d'Economia i Empresa
Spain regulates its intercity bus market by means of a 'competition for the market' mechanism, whose design has been modified several times in the last years. This implies that current services are operated under contracts whose conditions are heterogeneous. [...]
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada, 2022 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 01.22)  
2021-06-03
15:23
32 p, 2.6 MB The direct rebound effect for two income groups : the case of Paraguay / Bordon Lesme, Martín (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Freire-González, Jaume (ENT Foundation) ; Padilla, Emilio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat d'Economia i Empresa
We estimate the direct rebound effect (DRE) for all energy services requiring electricity for their provision in Paraguayan households. Using recent panel data from 2001 to 2017, we estimate the magnitude of the DRE at the province and municipality levels. [...]
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada, 2021 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 03.21)  
2021-03-02
20:38
54 p, 3.3 MB The impact of immigration on workers protection / Levai, Adam (Université catholique de Louvain) ; Turati, Riccardo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Even though the current literature investigating the labor market impact of immigration assumes implicitly or explicitly labor market regulation as exogenous to immigration (both in terms of size and composition), this is not necessarily the case. [...]
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada, 2021 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 02.21)  
2021-03-02
20:26
42 p, 2.1 MB Do you want to migrate to the United States? : migration intentions and cultural traits in Latin America / Turati, Riccardo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
This paper empirically investigates whether aspiring emigrants from nineteen Latin American countries to the United States hold a different set of cultural traits compared to stayers. Using Gallup World Poll data and proxy on individual pro social behaviors and political attitudes towards the pres- ident of the United States, we observe that aspiring migrants share more pro social behaviors and support more the U. [...]
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada, 2021 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 01.21)  
2021-03-01
19:47
30 p, 8.8 MB Congestion in highways when tolls and railroads matter : evidence from European cities / García-López, Miquel-Àngel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Pasidis, Ilias (Institut d'Economia de Barcelona) ; Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet (Universitat de Barcelona) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Using data from the 545 largest European cities, we study whether the expansion of their highway capacity provides a solution to the problem of traffic congestion. Our results confirm that in the long run, and in line with the 'fundamental law of highway congestion', the expansion in cities of lane kilometers causes an increase in vehicle traffic that does not solve urban congestion. [...]
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada 2020 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 11.20)  
2021-03-01
19:35
24 p, 1.2 MB Forgetting-by-not-doing : the case of surgeons and cesarean sections / Facchini, Gabriel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
This paper provides new evidence on the link between patient outcome and physician experience. Using birth certificates data from a large hospital in Italy, I analyze whether cesarean section surgeons who have performed more procedures in the recent past observe an improvement in performance. [...]
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada 2020 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 10.20)  
2021-03-01
19:27
38 p, 1.3 MB Low staffing in the maternity ward : keep calm and call the surgeon / Facchini, Gabriel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
This paper examines how workload affects the provision of care in a large but understudied segment of the healthcare sector - maternity wards. I use detailed patient-level administrative data on childbirth, and exploit quasi-random assignment of unscheduled patients to different staffing ratios. [...]
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada 2020 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 09.20)  
2021-03-01
19:09
35 p, 2.0 MB Impact of public transport strikes on air pollution and transport modes substitution in Barcelona / González, Lyna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Sanz, Alex (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Perdiguero, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Many cities in Spain are wrapped in air containing excessive levels of particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone, generally a problem in big cities caused by traffic. Pollutants largely associated with volume of traffic in urban cities and their outlying areas, such as Madrid and Barcelona, which is suffering from one of the worst levels of air pollution in the country. [...]
Bellaterra : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada 2020 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 08.20)  
2020-09-30
17:41
70 p, 2.7 MB The Effects of the Community Support Framework 1994-99 on the Spanish Economy : an Analysis Based on the HERMIN Model / Herce, José A. ; Sosvilla-Rivero, Simón ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
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