Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada: Enviaments recents
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Risk aggregation in Solvency II through recursive log-normals
It is argued that the accuracy of risk aggregation in Solvency II can be improved by updating skewness recursively. A simple scheme based on the log-normal distribution is developed and shown to be superior to the standard ...
Nearly unbiased estimation of autoregressive models for bounded near‐integrated stochastic processes
The paper investigates the estimation bias of autoregressive models for bounded near‐integrated stochastic processes and the performance of the standard procedures in the literature that aim to correct the estimation bias. ...
Changing prices after the reform of local public services: Remunicipalization versus privatization
Privatization and remunicipalization have been used as alternative options to reform the delivery of local public services; in both cases mainly because of disappointment with the service performance, although ideological ...
Singling out individual inventors from patent data
An increasing number of studies in recent years have sought to identify individual inventors from patent data. A variety of heuristics have been proposed for using the names and other information disclosed in patent documents ...
Teaching quantitative methods for sociological research
We describe our experience and results after implementing teamwork and peer assessment for teaching quantitative methods applied to sociological research in the Sport Business Management Master (SBMM) of the University of ...
Green regions and local firms' innovation
This paper investigates the relation between cooperation in innovation activities and innovation before and during the last economic recession. We find that cooperation in innovation activities has a stronger relation with ...
Bounds, breaks and unit root tests
The paper addresses the unit root testing when the range of the time series is limited and considering the presence of multiple structural breaks. The structural breaks can affect the level and/or the boundaries of the ...
L'elecció de destinacions residencials no forçades a l'entorn metropolità de Barcelona. El cas de Sant Cugat del Vallès.
suposat, hi ha diverses maneres de ferho. Des del punt de vista territorial, la manera més eficient de ferho és residint juntament a una ciutat. Les forces que porten a la gent a viure a la ciutat o a marxar d'ella porten ...
Using GPS data to analyze the distance traveled to the first accident at fault in pay-as-you-drive insurance
In this paper we employ survival analysis methods to analyse the impact of driving patterns on distance travelled before a first claim is made by young drivers underwriting a pay-as-you-drive insurance scheme. An empirical ...
Modeling longevity risk with generalized dynamic factor models and vine-copulae
We present a methodology to forecast mortality rates and estimate longevity and mortality risks. The methodology uses generalized dynamic factor models fitted to the differences in the log-mortality rates. We compare their ...
Patient outcomes, efficiency, and adverse events for elective hip and knee replacement in private and NHS hospitals: a population-based cohort study in England
Since the early 2000s, the National Health Service (NHS) in England has expanded provision of publicly funded care in private hospitals as a strategy to meet growing demand for elective care. This study aims to compare ...
Ideology, political polarization, and agility of policy responses: Was weak executive federalism a curse or a blessing for COVID-19 management in the US?
We investigate whether weak executive federalism was beneficial or damaging for COVID-19 management in the US. We formulate a policy response model for subnational governments, considering the national government's preferred ...
Percentile reference charts for speeding based on telematics information
Reference charts are widely used as a graphical tool for assessing and monitoring children's growth given gender and age. Here, we propose a similar approach to the assessment of driving risk. Based on telematics data, and ...
Ramon Sans Rovira y Elisa Pulla Escobar. La Transición energética del S. XXI (TE21). El colapso es evitable: convivencias. Octaedro, Barcelona, 2013 (259 pp.) ISBN 978-84-9921-445-0 [Ressenya de llibre]
Ressenya de: Ramon Sans Rovira y Elisa Pulla Escobar (2013). La Transición energética del siglo XXI(TE21). El colapso es evitable: convivencias. Octaedro, Barcelona 259 pp.
Effects of the 80 km/h and variable speed limits on air pollution in the metropolitan area of Barcelona
In 2008 the regional government of Catalonia (Spain) reduced the maximum speed limit on several stretches of congested urban motorway in the Barcelona metropolitan area to 80 km/h, while in 2009 it introduced a variable ...
Condicionants de la longevitat: són les nostres pensions equitatives?
La situació que viu el nostre sistema de pensions ha fet emergir una sèrie de conceptes que, formant part dels objectius que s'han d'assolir en el disseny de qualsevol sistema previsional, no sempre s'assoleixen amb la ...
Ecological fallacy in a time series context: evidence from the Spanish regional unemployment rates
The ecological fallacy (EF) is a common problem regional scientists have to deal with when using aggregated data in their analyses. Although there is a wide number of studies considering different aspects of this problem, ...
Two Ways of New Towns Development: A Tale of Two Cities
New Towns, or Planned Communities, are cities in which all aspects of development are determined before construction begins. Eichler and Kaplan (1967) and Griffin (1974) have defined “new community” as a large development, ...
Long-run savings and investment strategy optimization
We focus on automatic strategies to optimize life cycle savings and investment. Classical optimal savings theory establishes that, given the level of risk aversion, a saver would keep the same relative amount invested in ...
On the modal shift from motorway to high-speed rail: evidence from Italy
The development of high-speed rail (HSR) has had a notable impact on modal market shares on the routes on which its services have been implemented. The aim of this study is to analyse whether the HSR expansion in Italy has ...
