Report of the IEB`s activities 2009

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Report of the IEB’s activities
2009
Report of the IEB’s activities - 2009
Report of the IEB’s activities 2009
List of contents
1. Presentation .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2. People .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.1. Management Committee ................................................................................................................................................................
2.2. Board of trustees and executive board of the IEB Foundation .................................................................................
2.3. Research programs .............................................................................................................................................................................
2.4. Members.....................................................................................................................................................................................................
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3. Publications ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
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3.2.
3.3.
3.4.
By IEB members ..................................................................................................................................................................................
IEB Working Papers ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Reports on Fiscal Federalism .......................................................................................................................................................
Information services ..........................................................................................................................................................................
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4. Events ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
4.1. Seminars ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
4.2. Workshop, summer schools and symposiums .................................................................................................................. 37
5. Research projects and economic projects ........................................................................................................................................ 43
5.1 Competitive research projects involving IEB members ...............................................................................................
5.2 Other competitive projects ...........................................................................................................................................................
5.3. IEB research calls .................................................................................................................................................................................
5.4. Economic projects................................................................................................................................................................................
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6. Attendance at congresses, seminars and conferences ............................................................................................................. 51
6.1. Congresses................................................................................................................................................................................................. 52
6.2. Seminars and conferences .............................................................................................................................................................. 56
7. Visits.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
7.1. By IEB members .................................................................................................................................................................................. 62
7.2. By professors visiting the IEB ......................................................................................................................................................... 62
8. PhD theses .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
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1. Presentation
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1. Presentation
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1. Presentation
The Institut d’Economia de Barcelona (IEB) is an applied economics research centre at the University of Barcelona.
Its aim is promote, develop and disseminate economic research, placing particular emphasis on economic policy
decisions.
The IEB was created in 2000 to continue the work carried out by the quality group on Fiscal Federalism and Regional
Economy, accredited by the Generalitat (the Catalan Government), and the University of Barcelona. The creation of
the IEB Foundation in 2008 represented an important boost for the IEB, as several private enterprises joined the
project: “La Caixa”, Caixa de Catalunya, Gas Natural, Abertis and Applus. In 2008, too, the UB’s Chair in Fiscal Federalism was set up, thanks to the help of the Fundación ICO, the Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, and the Institut d’Estudis
Autonòmics.
The IEB currently has more than 40 staff members, including researchers and doctoral students. Its research is mainly
carried out in the area of applied economics, especially in the areas of fiscal federalism, regional economics and public
economics.
The results of its members’ research can be found in specialist journals and in collections of working documents, in
presentations at the IEB’s seminars, workshops and summer schools, and in applications for research grants. The IEB’s
researchers also present their work at symposiums and in publications such as the reports on fiscal federalism.
The members of the IEB carry out studies in their areas of expertise for government institutions, providing guidance
for economic decision-making.
The IEB staff are pleased to present this annual report, which will help to bring the institute’s work and activities to
a wider public.
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2. People
2. People
2. People
2.1. Management committee
The management committee has the following members:
• Núria Bosch
• Josep M. Durán (Secretary-Manager)
• Alejandro Esteller
• José García
• Martí Parellada (Director)
• Esteve Sanromà
• Albert Solé
• Elisabet Viladecans
2.2. Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the IEB Foundation
Board of Trustees
President
Mr. Joaquim Coello
Managing Director of Applus Servicios Tecnológicos, S.L.
Vice-president
Mr. Martí Parellada
Institut d’Economia de Barcelona and Universitat de Barcelona
Trustees
Mr. Salvador Alemany
Managing Director of Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A.
Mr. Narcís Serra
President of Caixa d’Estalvis de Catalunya
Mr. Isidre Fainé
President of Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona
Mr. Salvador Gabarró
President of Gas Natural, SDG, S.A.
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Executive Committee of the IEB Foundation
Mr. Joaquim Coello
Managing Director of Applus Servicios Tecnológicos, S.L.
Mr. Martí Parellada
Institut d’Economia de Barcelona and Universitat de Barcelona
Mr. Antoni Brunet
Director of Studies and Corporative Communication of Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A.
Mr. Xavier Segura
Head of the Study Service of Caixa d’Estalvis de Catalunya
Mr. Jordi Gual
Deputy Director of Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona
Mr. Antonio Gallart
Director of Resources of Gas Natural, SDG, S.A.
2.3. Research programs
The IEB organizes two research programs: Fiscal Federalism, directed by Dr. Núria Bosch and Dr. Albert Solé, and
Cities and Innovation, directed by Dr. José García Quevedo and Dr. Elisabet Viladecans.
2.4. Members
Researchers:
• Álvarez Cardeñosa, Montserrat
• Arcarons Bullich, Jordi
• Baró i Tomás, Ezequiel
• Bosch Roca, Núria
• Calero Martínez, Jorge (from October 2009)
• Costa Cuberta, Mercè
• Cubel Sánchez, María
• Choi de Mendizábal, Álvaro (from October 2009)
• Duch Brown, Néstor
• Durán Cabré, José María
• Escardíbul Ferra, Josep Oriol (from October 2009)
• Espasa Queralt, Marta
• Esteller Moré, Alejandro
• García Quevedo, José
• Garrido Torres, Antoni
• Gispert Brosa, Cristina de
• Jofre Monseny, Jordi
• Matas Prat, Anna (from October 2009)
• Montolio Estivill, Daniel
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2. People
• Parellada Sabata, Martí
• Pelegrín Solé, Àngels
• Raymond Bara, Josep Lluís (from October2009)
• Sanromà Meléndez, Esteve
• Solé Ollé, Albert
• Solé Vilanova, Joaquim
• Sorribas Navarro, Pilar
• Viladecans Marsal, Elisabet
• Vilalta Ferrer, Maite
Post-doctoral researchers:
• Vázquez Grenno, Javier (from September 2009)
Researchers on temporary leave:
• Castells Oliveres, Antoni
• Costa Campí, Maite
• García Brosa, Gemma
• Pedrós Abelló, Alexandre ✝
• Soy Casals, Antoni
Associate researchers:
• Arauzo Carod, Josep M. (from June 2009)
• Dahlberg, Matz (from August 2009)
• Lago Peñas, Santiago (from May 2009)
• Mas-Verdú, Francisco (from June 2009)
• Mora Corral, Antoni (from June 2009)
• Mörk, Eva (from May 2009)
• Simón Pérez, Hipólito (from June 2009)
• Rizzo, Leonzio (from June 2009)
• Trillas Jané, Francesc
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PhD students:
• Arqué Castells, Pere
• Arenas Jal, Andreu (from October 2009)
• Brué Pérez, Albert
• Costas Pérez, Elena
• Curto Grau, Marta
• Di Paolo, Antonio (from October 2009)
• García Estévez, Javier
• Hortas Rico, Miriam
• Marín López, Raquel
• Mediavilla Bordalejo, Mauro (from October 2009)
• Polo Otero, José Luis
• Salinas Peña, Paula
External collaborators:
• Mas Fontcuberta, Daniel
• Mora Puigví, Antoni
• Pruñonosa Bengochea, Cristina
Research support technicians:
• Curto Grau, Marta
• Arqué Castells, Pere (from October 2009)
Administrative services:
• Cobos Gil, Susana
• Gómez Hidalgo, M. Àngels (Coordinator)
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3. Publications
3. Publications
3. Publications
3.1. Publications by IEB members
In 2009, IEB members published the following research studies:
JCR Articles (Journal Citation Reports)
• Arauzo,J.M.; Viladecans, E.
“Industrial location at the intra-metropolitan level: The role of agglomeration economies”
Regional Studies 43 (4), 545-558, 2009.
• Buonanno, P.; Montolio, D.
“Juvenile crime in Spain”
Applied Economics Letters, 16, 495-500, 2009.
• Buonanno, P.; Montolio, D.; Vanin, P.
“Does social capital reduce crime?”
Journal of Law & Economics, 52, 145-170, 2009.
• Choi, A.
“Sequential educational expansion, equality and growth in the Republic of Korea”
KEDI Journal of Educational Policy Revista SSCI desde 2009, 6, 2009.
• Durán, J.M.; Esteller, A.
“Tax data for wealth concentration analysis: An application to Spanish wealth tax”
Review of Income and Wealth, forthcoming, 2009.
• Escardíbul, J. O.; Villarroya, A.
“The inequalities in school choice in Spain in accordance to PISA data”
Journal of Education Policy, 24, 6, 673-695, 2009.
• Esteller, A.; Jorba, J.; Solé-Ollé, A.
“Las prioridades sociales de gasto en Obra Social de las Cajas de Ahorro: Estimación a partir de la aplicación de un
“juego presupuestario””
Hacienda Pública Española/Revista de Economía Pública, 191/4, 43-71, 2009.
• García, J.; Montolio, D.; Raya, J.M.
“Local public expenditures and housing prices”
Urban Studies, forthcoming, 2009.
• García-Quevedo, J.; Mas-Verdú, F.; Ribeiro, D.
“The heterogeneity of services and the differential effects on business and territorial innovation”
International Journal of Technology Management, forthcoming, 2009.
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• Hortas, M.; Solé-Ollé, A.
“Does urban sprawl increase the costs of providing local public services? Evidence from Spanish municipalities”
Urban Studies, 47(7), 1513-1540, 2010.
• Jofre-Monseny, J.
“The scope of agglomeration economies: Evidence from Catalonia”
Papers in Regional Science, 88(3), 575-590, 2009.
• Jofre-Monseny, J.; Solé-Ollé, A.
“Tax differentials in intraregional firm location: Evidence from new manufacturing establishments in Spanish
municipalities”
Regional Studies, forthcoming, 2009.
“Tax differential and agglomeration economies in intraregional firm location”
Regional Studies, 1-15, 2009.
• Matas, A.; Raymond, J.L.; Roig, J.L.
“Car ownership and access to job in Spain”
Transportation Part A, forthcoming, 2009.
• Matas, A.; Raymond, J.L.
“Hedonic prices for cars: An application to the Spanish car market: 1981-2005”
Applied Economics, forthcoming, 2009.
• Matas, A.; Raymond, J.L.; Roig, J.L.
“Job accesibility and female employment probability: The cases of Madrid and Barcelona”
Urban Studies, forthcoming, 2009.
• Montolio, D.; Solé-Ollé, A.
“Road investment and regional productivity growth: The effects of vehicle-intensity and congestion”
Papers in Regional Science, 88(1), 99-118, 2009.
• Mora, T.; Escardíbul, J.O.; Espasa, M.
“The effects of regional educational policies on school failure in Spain”
Revista de Economía Aplicada, 17, 2009.
• Trillas, F.; Montolio, D.; Duch, N.
“Productive efficiency and regulatory reform: The case of vehicle inspection concessions”
Revista de Economía Aplicada, forthcoming, 2009.
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3. Publications
Other Articles
• Beraldo, S.; Montolio, D.; Turati, G.
“Healthy, educated and wealthy: A primer on the impact of public and private welfare expenditures on economic
growth”
Journal of Socio-Economics, 38, 946-956, 2009.
• Bosch, N.; Espasa, M.
”El dèficit inversor en infrastructures de transport del sector públic central a Catalunya i perspectives de futur”
IDEES Revista de temes contemporanis, 32, 38-47, 2009.
• Bosch, N.
“El sistema de nivelación fiscal entre las Comunidades Autónomas”
Revista de Estudios Regionales, VIII, 73-82, 2009.
• Calero, J.; Choi, A.; Waisgrais, S.
“Determinantes del rendimiento educativo del alumnado de origen nacional e inmigrante en PISA-2006”
Cuadernos Económicos del ICE, 78, 281-310, 2009.
• Calero, J.; Choi, A.; Waisgrais, S.
“Determinantes del rendimiento educativo del alumnado de origen nacional e inmigrante en PISA-2006”
Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación, 2009.
• Calero, J.; Waisgrais, S.
“Factores de desigualdad en la educación española. Una aproximación a través de las evaluaciones de PISA”
Papeles de Economía Española, 119, 86-98, 2009.
• Duch, N.; Montolio, N.; Trillas, F.
“Objectius i realitats de les inversions en gas natural a Espanya i a Catalunya”
Revista Económica de Catalunya, 60, 9-24, 2009.
• Duch, N.; Montolio, D.; Mediavilla, M.
“Evaluating the impact of public subsidies on a firm’s performance: A two-stage quasi-experimental approach”
Investigaciones Regionales, 16, 143-165, 2009.
• Durán, J.M.; Gispert, C.de; Rodrigo, F.; Vallés, J.
“Las enseñanzas sobre fiscalidad ambiental. Un estado de la cuestión y algunas experiencias concretas”
Revista electrónica sobre la enseñanza de la economía pública, 5, 1-28, 2009.
“Who buys newspapers in Spain? An analysis of the determinants of the probability to buy newspapers and of the
amount spent”
International Journal of Consumer Studies, 33, 1, 64-71, 2009.
“Determinantes de la elección de centro escolar”.
Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación, 4, 159-170, 2009.
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• Franco, L.; Raymond, J.L.
“Convergencia económica regional: El caso de los departamentos colombianos”
Ecos de economía, 28, 167-197, 2009.
• García Quevedo, J.; Afcha, S.
“El impacto del apoyo público a la I+D empresarial: Un análisis comparativo entre las subvenciones estatales y
regionales”
• Gispert, C. de
“L’aigua: Costos, preus i eficiència”
Nota d’Economia, 93-94, 195-211, 2009.
• Matas, A.; Raymond, J.L.
“Inversión en infraestructuras, ciclo económico y seguridad vial”
Economistas, 119, 289-294, 2009.
• Mediavilla Bordalejo, M.; Calero Martínez, J.
“Determinantes internos y externos en el proceso de aprendizaje. Una aproximación al caso español a partir de la
ECV-05”
Revista Iberoamericana de Educación (OEI), 50, 6, 1-11, 2009.
• Mora, T.; Escardíbul, J.O.
“Using a markov chain to look at academic performance in University”
International Research Applications, 23, 1-8, 2009.
• Parellada, M.; Duch, N.; Álvarez, M.
“Job and supply demand for universities graduates in Spain: A (relative) mismatch perspective”
Industry and higher education, 23, 1, 29-38, 2009.
• Raymond, J.L.; Roig, J.L.; Gómez, L.
“Rendimientos de la educación en España y movilidad intergeneracional”
Papeles de economía española, 119, 188-205, 2009.
• Solé-Ollé, A.
“Eficiencia y equidad en la distribución territorial de la inversión pública”
Papeles de Economía Española, 118, 2009.
• Solé-Ollé, A.
“Evaluación de la descentralización desde la perspectiva de la Teoría del Federalismo Fiscal”
Ekonomiaz, forthcoming, 2009.
• Sorribas-Navarro, P.
“Descentralización fiscal y disciplina presupuestaria: Lecciones para España de la experiencia comparada”
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3. Publications
Books
• Bosch, N.; Costas, E.; Espasa, M.
Les subvencions d’anivellament fiscal dels governs locals a Europa
Diputació de Barcelona, Col.lecció Estudis, Barcelona, 2009.
• Bosch, N.; Costas, E.; Espasa, M.
Las subvenciones de nivelación fiscal de los gobiernos locales en Europa
Fundación Democracia y Gobierno Local, Serie Claves del Gobierno Local, núm. 11, Barcelona, 2009.
• Bosch, N.; Espasa, M. et al.
Metodología y cálculo de la balanza fiscal de Catalunya con la Administración Central 2000-05
Departament d’Economia i Finances, Generalitat de Catalunya, Col·lecció Monografies, núm. 10. Barcelona, 2009.
• Bosch, N.; Espasa, M.; Solé-Ollé, A. (Ed.)
The political economy of inter-regional fiscal flows. Measurement, determinants and effects on country stability
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, forthcoming, 2009.
• Durán, J.M.; Mas, D.; Vilalta, M.
Les noves competències dels governs locals: el seu finançament
Fundació Carles Pi i Sunyer d’estudis autonòmics i locals, forthcoming, 2009.
• Parellada, M.; Viladecans, E. (Dir.)
Informe territorial de la província de Barcelona 2009
Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona, Diputació de Barcelona, Barcelona, 2009.
• Parellada, M. (Dir.)
La contribución de las universidades españolas al desarrollo
Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo, Madrid, 2009.
Book chapters
• Arauzo,J.M.; Viladecans, E.
“Mature industries and declining regions: An analysis of the Spanish case”
In Technological Change and Mature Industrial Regions: Firms, Knowledge, and Policy, M. Farschi, O. Janne and P. McCann (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009.
• Bosch, N.
“El modelo de financiación autonómica de 2009: Un análisis bajo la perspectiva del federalismo fiscal”
In Informe sobre Federalismo Fiscal en España, Bosch, N. and Solé-Ollé, A. (Eds.), IEB, Barcelona, 2009.
• Bosch, N.
“Les relacions fiscals de Catalunya amb l’Estat”
In Anuari Sociolaboral de la UGT de Catalunya 2008, 61-65, 2009.
• Bosch, N.
“The reform of regional government finances in Spain”
In IEB’s World Report on Fiscal Federalism, Bosch, N. and Solé-Ollé, A. (Eds.), IEB, Barcelona, 2009.
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• Bosch, N.
“Comment I”
In The Political Economy Of Inter-Regional Fiscal Flows. Measurement, Determinants and Effects on Country Stability,
Bosch, N., Espasa, M. and Solé, A. (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming, 2009.
“Inter-regional fiscal flows: methodologies, results and their determinant factors for Spain”
In The Political Economy Of Inter-Regional Fiscal Flows. Measurement, Determinants and Effects on Country Stability,
Bosch, N., Espasa, M. and Solé, A. (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming, 2009.
“La eficiencia en la provisión de los servicios públicos locales”
“La financiación del gasto social local en la Unión Europea de los Quince”
In La situación social de España, Navarro, V. (Dir.), Vol III, Ed. Biblioteca Nueva, Madrid, 137-161, 2009.
• Calero, J.; Escardíbul, J.O.
“Los que se quedan atrás. Un estudio comparativo de la pobreza educativa y sus causas en tres países europeos”
In La situación social en España, Navarro, V. (Dir.), Vol III. Ed. Biblioteca Nueva, Madrid, 387-423, 2009.
“Concentración de la riqueza y datos fiscales: ¿son los ricos menos ricos o son los resultados sensibles a la evolución
de la normativa fiscal”
In Las reformas fiscales bajo el microscopio. Microsimulación fiscal de España: datos, metolodogía y aplicaciones, Picos,
F. and Díaz, S. (Coords.), Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Madrid, 241-264, 2009.
“”Match-point”: al servicio, el Estado; en juego, el futuro de la imposición sobre la riqueza en España”
• Espasa, M.
“Gasto y financiación en atención primaria”
In La Atención Primaria de Salud en España y sus Comunidades Autónomas, Navarro, V. and Martín-Zurro, A. (Coords.), IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, 125-148, 2009.
• Espasa, M.
“La inversión del sector público central en infraestructuras de transporte”
In Anuario de la Movilidad 2008, Bel, G. and Nadal, M. (Dirs.), Fundación RACC, Barcelona, 83-95, 2009.
• Espasa, M.
“El sector públic”
In Memòria Econòmica de Catalunya 2008, Parellada, M. (Dir.), Cambres Oficials del Comerç, Indústria i Navegació
de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2009.
• Esteller, A.
“Concentración de la riqueza y datos fiscales: ¿Son los ricos menos ricos o son los resultados sensibles a la evolución
de la normativa fiscal?”
In Las reformas fiscales bajo el microscopio, Parellada, M. (Dir.), Cambres Oficials del Comerç, Indústria i Navegació
de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2009.
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3. Publications
• Oroval, E.; Escardíbul, J.O.
“Polítiques recents del sistema públic de formació professional a Catalunya: descripció i anàlisi”
In Memòria Econòmica de Catalunya 2008, Garrido, A. (Dir.), Cambres Oficials del Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de
Catalunya, Barcelona, 148-152, 2009.
• Parellada, M.
“Reformar el govern de les universitats”
In Reformes més enllà dels tòpics : Com pot Catalunya sortir reforçada de la crisi, Fundació Rafael Campalans,
Barcelona, 105-112, 2009.
• Pastor, J.M.; Raymond, J.L.; Roig, J.L.; Serrano, L.
“Supply and use of human capital in the Spanish regions”
In Regional policy, economic growth and convergence, Cuadrado, J.R. (Ed.), Springer, 2009.
• Solé-Ollé, A.
“The determinants of the regional allocation of public investment in Spain”
In The political economy of inter-regional fiscal flows: measurement, determinants and effects on country stability,
Bosch, N. et al. (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming, 2009.
• Solé-Ollé, A.
“Las finanzas subcentrales en tiempos de crisis: una visión general”
• Solé-Ollé, A.
“¿Existen indicios de competencia fiscal en el sistema tributaria autonómico?”
In La asignación de impuestos a las Comunidades Autónomas, Martínez-Vázquez, J. and Lago, S. (Eds.), Instituto de
Estudios Fiscales, 2009.
• Solé-Ollé, A.
“Overview: How to give sub-central governments the right form of assistance”
In IEB’s World Report on Fiscal Federalism, Bosch, N. and Solé-Ollé, A. (Eds.), IEB, Barcelona, 2009.
• Solé-Ollé, A.
“Decentralization and service delivery: The Spanish case”
In Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction?, Brosio, G. and Ahmad, E. (Eds), Edward
Elgar Publishing, forthcoming, 2009.
• Vilalta, M.
“Estatutos de Autonomía y financiación local”
In Anuario Gobierno Local 2008, Institut de Dret Públic, Madrid, 117-139, 2009.
• Villarroya, A.; Escardíbul, J.O.
“Panorámica de la situación museística en España”
In Economia dos Museus, DEMU-IPHAN, Brasilia, forthcoming, 2009.
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Working papers
• Arqué, P.
“How and when can subsidies be effectively used to induce entry into R&D? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from Spain”
DRUID Working Paper number 5680.
“Key issues when using tax data for concentration analysis: An application to the Spanish wealth tax”
FUNCAS n. 460/2009.
• Salinas, P.; Solé-Ollé, A.
“Evaluating the effects of decentralization on educational outcomes in Spain”
Document de treball de la Facultat d’Economia i Empresa de la Universitat de Barcelona, E09/228.
• Sanromá, E.; Ramos, R.; Simón, H.
“Los salarios de los inmigrantes en el mercado de trabajo español. ¿Importa el origen del capital humano?”
XREAP DT n. 2009-4.
“Immigrant wages in the Spanish labour market: does the origin of human capital matter?”
IZA, Discussion paper 4157, 2009.
• Solé-Ollé, A.; Sorribas-Navarro, P.
“The dynamic adjustment of local government budgets: Does Spain behave differently?”
Document de treball de la Facultat d’Economia i Empresa de la Universitat de Barcelona, E09/226.
3.2. IEB Working Papers
The IEB publishes a series of electronic working papers presenting researches carried out by internal and external
researchers.
These documents are avalaible at the IEB website. In 2009, the following working papers were published:
2009/1: Reciprocity and competition: Is there a connection?
Jonathan C. Rork, Gary A. Wagner
2009/2: Cheaper child care, more children
Eva Mörk, Anna Sjögren, Helena Svaleryd
2009/3: Federalism and inter-regional redistribution
Jonathan Rodden
2009/4: Regional fiscal flows: Measurement tools
Giuseppe C. Ruggeri
2009/5: Agglomeration, tax competition, and fiscal equalization
Matthias Wrede
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3. Publications
2009/6: Risk selection in natural disaster insurance
Mario Jametti, Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg
2009/7: The dynamic adjustment of local government budgets: Does Spain behave differently?
Albert Solé-Ollé, Pilar Sorribas-Navarro
2009/8: Immigrant wages in the Spanish labour market: Does the origin of human capital matter?
Esteban Sanromà, Raúl Ramos, Hipólito Simón
2009/9: What does it take for and R&D tax incentive policy to be effective?
Pierre Mohnen, Boris Lokshin
2009/10: Evaluating the effects of decentralization on educational outcomes in Spain
Albert Solé-Ollé, Paula Salinas
2009/11: Strategic tax collection and fiscal decentralization: The case of Russia
Alexander Libman, Lars P. Feld
2009/12: Bohemians, human capital, and regional economic growth
Oliver Falck, Michael Fritsch, Stephan Heblich
2009/13: The determinants of University patenting: Do incentives matter?
Tomás del Barrio-Castro, José García-Quevedo
2009/14: On the equivalence of location choice models: Conditional logit, nested logit and poisson
Kurt Schmidheiny, Marius Brülhart
2009/15: Partial tax coordination in a repeated game setting
Jun-ichi Itaya, Makoto Okamuraz, Chikara Yamaguchix
2009/16: Tax competition and equalization: The impact of voluntary cooperation on the efficiency goal
Petra Ens
2009/17: Decentralization, competition and the local tax mix: Evidence from Flanders
Benny Geys, Federico Revelli
2009/18: Competition for FDI with vintage investment and agglomeration advantages
Kai A. Konrad, Dan Kovenock
2009/19: Corporate tax competition between firms
Simon Loretz, Padraig J. Moorey
2009/20: Soft budgets and local borrowing regulation in a dynamic decentralized leadership model with saving and
free mobility
Nobuo Akai, Motohiro Sato
2009/21: Optimal risk allocation in the provision of local public services: can a private insurer be better than a public
mutual fund?
Luigi Buzzacchi, Gilberto Turati
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2009/22: Voluntary pension savings: The effects of the finnish tax reform on savers’ behaviour
Jarkko Harju
2009/23: Pension funding and individual accounts in economies with life-cyclers and myopes
Hans Fehr, Fabian Kindermann
2009/24: (Uncontrolled) Aggregate shocks or vertical tax interdependence? Evidence from gasoline and cigarettes
Alejandro Esteller-Moré, Leonzio Rizzo
2009/25: On the optimal design of disaster insurance in a federation
Timothy J. Goodspeed, Andrew F. Haughwout
2009/26: Central command, local hazard and the race to the top
Edoardo Di Porto, Federico Revelli
2009/27: Plurality versus proportional electoral rule: Which is most representative of voters?
Amedeo Piolatto
2009/28: Optimal taxes and pensions in a society with myopic agents
Kerstin Roeder
2009/29: Effects of fiscal decentralisation and electoral accountability on government efficiency evidence from the
Italian health care sector
Francesco Porcelli
2009/30: Suggesting an alternative electoral proportional system. Blank votes count
Orestis Troumpounis
2009/31: Economic incongruities in the European patent system
Malwina Mejer, Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
2009/32: Inter-regional redistribution through infrastructure investment: Tactical or programmatic?
Albert Solé-Ollé
2009/33: Sharing the blame? Local electoral accountability and centralized school finance in California
Marcelin Joanis
2009/34: Optimal country’s policy towards multinationals when local regions can choose between firm-specific and
non-firm-specific policies
Osiris J. Parcero
2009/35: Efficiency measurement in the Spanish cadastral units through DEA
José Manuel Cordero Ferrera, Francisco Pedraja Chaparro, Javier Salinas Jiménez
2009/36: Do re-election probabilities influence public investment?
Jon H. Fiva, Gisle James Natvik
2009/37: The role of mobility in tax and subsidy competition
Alexander Haupt, Tim Krieger
2009/38: Can a knowledge-based cluster be created? The case of the Barcelona 22@district
Josep M. Arauzo Carod, Elisabet Viladecans Marsal
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3. Publications
3.3. Reports on Fiscal Federalism
The IEB has published its first “Informe sobre Federalismo Fiscal en España ‘09” and its first international report “IEB’s
World Report of Fiscal Federalism ‘09” prepared by the Chair in Fiscal Federalism at the University or Barcelona. The
two documents can be downloaded from the IEB website on payment of a fee.
These reports will be published annually; focusing on specific topical issues, they will include contributions from experts at the IEB or other universities, research centres and government institutions.
Informe sobre Federalismo Fiscal en España ‘09
The topic chosen for the first national report was the “New funding model for Autonomous Communities”, presented in July 2009,
and approved by the Spanish parliament last December, after lengthy
negotiations between the central government and the Autonomous
Communities and after a long political and social debate, specially following the approval on the new Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia in
2006.The report’s “Forum” section includes the views of four experts
from the IEB and from other institutions on the new funding model.
This document, the first academic evaluation of the model, includes
contributions from Núria Bosch, IEB researcher; Julio López-Laborda,
professor of Public Economics at the University of Zaragoza; Jesús
Ruiz-Huerta and Miguel Ángel García, professors at the Rey Juan Carlos University; and Santiago Lago Peñas, lecturer at the University of
Vigo.
According to Núria Bosch, IEB researcher and co-editor (with Albert
Solé-Ollé) of the report, all the authors note several positive aspects
of the new model, such as the additional contribution of resources
made by the State, the distribution of these resources, the increase in
tax autonomy, the increase in the ACs’ jurisdiction regarding income
tax or the system to reduce the differences between Autonomous
Communities in the provision of fundamental public services.
The experts also agree in underlying some of the questions that remain open: for example, they regret that the new
model does not cover the jurisdiction to impose VAT, and warn that the “Fondo de Suficiencia Global” and the “Fondo de Convergencia” make the model excessively complex. Other question which, in the experts’ opinion, remain
unresolved are the differences in the results of the foral model and the standard model.
As well as this analysis of the funding model, the “Informe sobre Federalismo Fiscal en España ‘09” deals with other topical issues such as the situation of municipalities in the present recession, an evaluation of the State Local Investment
Fund, the decentralization of wealth taxes in Spain, the situation of public companies in the Autonomous Communities, and efficiency in the delivery of local public services.
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IEB’s World Report on Fiscal Federalism ‘09
“IEB’s World Report on Fiscal Federalism ‘09” is published in English.
According to the editor, IEB reseacher Albert Solé, “even though the
subjects addressed are also of interest in this country, the report’s
outlook is clearly international and aims to establish the IEB as a
reference institution throughout the world in the area of fiscal federalism”.
The main theme chosen for this report is the situation of subnational
finances in times of recession.The report includes contributions from
Robert P. Inman (University of Pennsylvania), Teresa Ter-Minassian
(IMF Fiscal Affairs Department) and Thiess Buettner (Ifo Institute and
University of Munich). The report will also examine questions such
as the subnational dimension of stimulus packages, the effects of the
crisis on the finances of the world’s largest cities, and the increase in
decentralization processes worldwide.
One of the conclusions of the report is that the subcentral budget
crisis has had major effects on the subcentral deficit: for instance,
the reduction in tax receipts, the reduction of income and transfers,
the increase in social spending, the increase in bail-outs for financial
and non-financial firms, and the losses deriving from poor financial
investments.
The experts also express their concern that subcentral deficits may create problems for the central governments’
stabilization policies; they warn that the adjustment of subcentral budgets is negative in a situation of crisis, but stress
that subcentral deficits are not a good solution either. All the authors agree on the importance of intergovernmental
transfers for stabilizing subcentral budgets and of adequate design of the transfers.
The experts recommend the adoption of precautionary measures during the expansive phase such as the accumulation of surpluses. They applaud the prominent role of intergovernmental transfers in economic stimulus packages,
and consider them to be the fastest, most effective instrument for fighting the recession, in particular in the case of
capital transfers to local governments.
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3. Publications
3.4. Information services
Our publications Info IEB and the IEB newsletter keep our members and the research community up to date with
the institute’s work and activities.
Info IEB
Info IEB presents summaries of the economic studies carried out by IEB staff for public and private bodies. Info IEB
is published on an ‘as appropriate’ basis, depending on the number of studies carried out. Info IEB is in digital format:
readers either receive it by email, or access it on the IEB website.
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Newsletter
The IEB’s bimonthly Newsletter presents a compact resume of the institute’s most recent events, such as appointments, economic projects, and visits by foreign researchers. The Newsletter is written in English, in digital format:
readers either receive it by email, or access it on the IEB website.
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4. Events
4. Events
4. Events
During 2009, the IEB has organized the following events:
4.1. Seminars
IEB or external researchers present ongoing research projects or selected research lines at a series of seminars.
23/01/2009*
“No Country for Old Men (and Women): Do State Taxes Drive Away the Elderly?”
Speaker: John Rork (Andrew Young School of Public Studies)
30/01/2009
“Inheritance Tax Competition”
Speaker: Josep M. Durán (IEB & Universitat de Barcelona) / Alejandro Esteller (IEB & Universitat de Barcelona)
13/02/2009
“Academic Patenting in Europe: Present and (Near) Future Research on IPRs and Technology Transfer”
Speaker: Francesco Lissoni (Bocconi University Milano)
20/02/2009
“Domestic Transport Cost Reductions and Firms’ Export Behaviour”
Speaker: Adelheid Holl (FEDEA)
27/02/2009*
“Cheaper Child Care - More Children”
Speaker: Eva Mörk (IFAU & Uppsala University)
06/03/2009
“Do Politicians’ Preferences Matter for Voters’ Voting Decisions?”
Speaker: Pilar Sorribas (IEB & Universitat de Barcelona)
13/03/2009
“Do Better Paid Politicians Perform Better? Disentangling Incentives from Selection”
Speaker: Stefano Gagliarducci (CEMFI)
20/03/2009
“What Does It Take for an R&D Tax Policy to Be Effective?”
Speaker: Pierre Mohnen (University of Maastricht - UNU-Merit)
27/03/2009
“The Determinants of University Patenting: Do Incentives Matter?”
Speaker: José García-Quevedo (IEB & Universitat de Barcelona)
03/04/2009*
“Agglomeration, Tax Competition and Fiscal Equalization”
Speaker: Matthias Wrede (University of Marburg)
* Organized as a part of the Catalan Government’s Network of Reference for R+D+I in Applied Economics (XREAP)
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17/04/2009*
“Does Tax Competition Tame the Leviathan”
Speaker: Mario Jametti (University of Lugano)
24/04/2009
“Is Agglomeration Taxable?”
Speaker: Jordi Jofre (IEB & Universitat de Barcelona)
30/04/2009
“The Ins and Outs of Unemployment and the Assimilation of Recent Immigrants in Spain”
Speaker: Javier Vázquez (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
08/05/2009*
“Tax Competition Among U.S. States: Racing to the Bottom or Riding on a Seesaw?”
Speaker: Daniel Wilson (RFB San Francisco)
15/05/2009
“Inter-regional Redistribution Through Public Investment: Tactical or Programmatic?”
Speaker: Albert Solé (IEB & Universitat de Barcelona)
22/05/2009
“Regulatory Federalism Industrial Policy and Broadband Access”
Speaker: Francesc Trillas (IEB & Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
05/06/2009
“Strategic Tax Collection and Fiscal Decentralization: The Case of Russia”
Speaker: Alexander Libman (University of Mannheim)
12/06/2009
“Bohemians and Regional Economic Growth”
Speaker: Oliver Falck (Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
22/06/2009
“Corrupción y Resultados Electorales en los Municipios Españoles”
Speaker: Elena Costas (IEB & Universitat de Barcelona)
18/09/2009
“Personal and Regional Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intent Among German Students”
Speaker: Dirk Dohse (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
02/10/2009
“Do Re-election Probabilities Influence Public Investment?”
Speaker: Jon Fiva (Oslo University)
09/10/2009
“A Nash Bargaining Approach to Tax and Capacity Competition”
Speaker: Bruno de Borger (University of Antwerp)
* Organized as a part of the Catalan Government’s Network of Reference for R+D+I in Applied Economics (XREAP)
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4. Events
16/10/2009
“Análisis de las Diferencias entre las Comunidades Autónomas Españolas en Pisa 2006”
Speaker: José Manuel Cordero (Universidad de Extremadura)
23/10/2009
“Deslocalización y Características Empresariales en España”
Speaker: Àngels Pelegrin (IEB & Universitat de Barcelona)
30/10/2009
“Electoral Effects of Fiscal Transfers: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Local Executive Elections in Brazil, 1982-1988”
Speaker: Stephan Litschig (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
06/11/2009
“Neighbouring Effects in European Regional Specialisation: Identification and Specialisation Indices”
Speaker: Toni Mora (IEB & Universitat Internacional de Catalunya)
13/11/2009
“How Do Electoral Systems Affect Fiscal Policy? Evidence from State and Local Governments, 1890-2005”
Speaker: Patricia Funk (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
27/11/2009
“Strategic Voting and Elite Mobilization”
Speaker: Joaquin Artés Caselles (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
04/12/2009
“Immigrants’ Assimilation Process in a Segmented Labor Market”
Speaker: Núria Rodríguez-Planas (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
18/12/2009
PhD Workshop
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4.2. Workshop, summer schools, symposiums
The IEB organized the following events in 2009:
• III Workshop on Fiscal
Federalism: “Financing
Sub-Central Governments”
(18-19/06/2009)
On 18 and 19 June, the IEB hosted the III
Workshop on Fiscal Federalism, which is
held every other year. On this occasion
the aim was to analyse the economic
effects of the funding systems of subcentral governments and to provide
theoretical and empirical evidence.
Decentralization of public expenditure
responsibilities has spread in recent
years in both developed and developing
countries. However, the fiscal autonomy
of sub-central governments is limited.
Although part of their expenditure is
funded by sub-central taxes and borrowing, the rest is funded by transfers which are often earmarked: that is to say,
it is the government making the transfer that decides how it should be used. What is more, sub-central governments
have limited autonomy regarding tax raising revenue and borrowing.
This lack of autonomy undermines the ability of sub-central governments to provide public goods and services
effectively and, in the long term, creates problems for public finances. There are several arguments in favour of the
decentralization of public spending, such as the improvement of equity in the access to public services, the reduction
of administrative costs, and the guarantee of the sustainability of subcentral public finances.
The workshop organizers invited three of the most important researchers in the world of fiscal federalism to shed
light on these issues: Robert P. Inman, PhD (Harvard University) and professor at the University of Pennsylvania;
Dennis Epple, PhD (Princeton University) and professor at Carnegie Mellon University; and Kai A. Konrad, PhD
(Ludwig Maximilians-University, Munich) and professor at the Social Science Research Centre (WZB) in Berlin.
In addition to these three experts, the scientific committee of the Third Workshop on Fiscal Federalism comprised
four lecturers from the IEB and the University of Barcelona: Núria Bosch-Roca, Alejandro Esteller-Moré, Albert SoléOllé, Pilar Sorribas-Navarro and Santiago Lago-Peñas of the University of Vigo.
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4. Events
• II Summer School in Public Economics:
“Economics of Corporate and Personal Income
Taxation & Political Economy”
(29/06/2009-10/07/2009)
For the third consecutive year the Barcelona Institute of
Economics (IEB) has organized a summer school, this time
under the title “Economics of Corporate and Personal
Income Taxation & Political Economy”.
Held in Barcelona between 29 June and 10 July, the school
had a dual objective: to provide intensive training for doctoral
students and young researchers, and to offer them the
opportunity to discuss their own research with internationally
renowned professors, who offered criticisms and suggestions.
The II Summer School in Public Economics comprised two
courses. The first, focusing on the study of the economic
effects of personal income tax and corporation tax, was
taught by the professors Jack Minz of the University of Calgary
and Clemens Fuest of Oxford University, both international
figures of reference in this area of research. This first course
was attended by more than twenty doctoral students and
young researchers from universities and research centres
in the US, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Austria, France,
Switzerland, Italy, UK and Spain.
The second course at the summer school, focusing on
political economy, was taught by the professors James Snyder
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Ben Lockwood (University of Warwick) and was attended by around thirty
participants from universities and research centres in the US, Canada, UK, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Portugal, South Africa,
Germany, and Spain.
The scientific committee of the II Summer School in Public Economics comprises the University of Barcelona & IEB
lecturers Albert Solé-Ollé, Pilar Sorribas-Navarro, Alejandro Esteller-Moré and José María Durán, and Julio López-Laborda
from the University of Zaragoza and Eva Mörk from Uppsala University & IFAU.
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• ESSID (European Summer
School on Industrial Dynamics):
“Agglomeration, Industries and
Innovation”
(31/08/2009 – 04/09/2009)
This year, the IEB hosted the European
Summer School of Industrial Dynamics
(ESSID 2009), which focussed on the
relations between “Agglomeration, industries
and innovation”. Between 31 August and 4
September, more than 40 researchers and
professors from universities all around Europe
met at the IEB to take part in the event, which
was held for the ninth time in all and for the
first time in Barcelona. In the last three years,
the event has been held in Cargèse (France),
Dubrovnik (Croatia) and Monte Sant’Angelo,
Puglia (Italy).
The ESSID 2009 had a dual objective: to provide intensive training for doctoral students, and to offer them the opportunity
to discuss their own research with internationally renowned professors. In the morning sessions, presentations were
given by Philip McCann (University of Groningen, Netherlands), Francesco Lissoni (CESPRI-University of Bocconi, Milan),
Ajay Agrawal (University of Toronto, Canada) and Attila Varga (University of Pecs, Hungary). In the afternoon sessions,
the students presented their work to the experts, who made criticisms and suggestions.
Doctoral students from the following universities took part: London School of Economics, Copenhagen Business School,
University of Toulouse, Polytechnical University delle Marche, Utrecht University, Eindhoven University of Technology,
Maastricht University, University of Miskolc, University of Groningen, IMT Lucca, Free University of Brussels, Leibniz
University of Hannover, Polytechnical University of Milan, Friedrich Schiller University, Erasmus University Rotterdam,
IUAV Venice, INGENIO Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Management, Jean Monnet University, University of Pecs,
University of Jena, Rovira i Virgili University, University of Barcelona, International University of Catalonia, Complutense
University of Madrid, the Autonomous University of Madrid and University of Zaragoza.
The ESSID 2009 also held a series of workshops on research techniques and organized a tour of the 22@Barcelona
district for the participants. The 22@Barcelona project has transformed the industrial area of Poblenou into a strategic
pole of knowledge-intensive activities.
The board of the III European Summer School of Industrial Dynamics comprised the followed professors: Dominique
Foray (EPFL, Federal Polytechnical School, Lausanne); Georg Licht (Centre for European Economic Research, ZEW);
Francesco Lissoni (CESPRI, University of Bocconi); Patrick Llerena (BETA, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg); Jacques
Mairesse (United Nations University-Maastricht & CREST); Franco Malerba (CESPRI, University Bocconi); Sonja Radas
(Institute of Economics, Zagreb); Bart Verspagen (ECIS, Eindhoven University of Technology); Ed Steinmueller (SPRU,
University of Sussex); Attila Varga (University of Pecs); Josep Maria Arauzo-Carod (Rovira i Virgili University & IEB); José
García-Quevedo (University of Barcelona & IEB) and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal (University of Barcelona & IEB) and Pere
Arqué (also a member of the IEB) were the local organizers.
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4. Events
The ESSID is part of the network of excellence DIME (Dynamics of institutions and markets in Europe) sponsored
by the Sixth Framework Program of the European Union. The school was also supported by the Department of
Universities, Research and the Information Society of the Catalan government, the Ministry of Science and Innovation
and the City Council of Barcelona.
• Symposium on railway regulation in metropolitan areas
(13/11/2009)
The Reference Network in Applied Economics (XREAP) hosted its annual
symposium. In the context of the process of liberalisation and reform
of European railways, different regulatory options can be applied to the
metropolitan railway systems. The main objective of the Symposium
is to contribute to the debate about this reform in the context of the
changes of the Spanish railway model, making it possible to connect the
academic analysis with the discussion of the public policy options regarding
management, finance and the introduction of competitive mechanisms.
The first session was by professor Chris Nash, Institute for Transport Studies at
Leeds University, who explained various aspects of the introduction of market
competition on railways in the UK and Sweden. In the second session, Prof.
Rosário Macario, Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon, analyzed the institutional
framework required for the regulation of transport in the metropolitan areas.
Last, the symposium ended with a round table formed by representatives of
governments, private companies such as Alsa Group - National Express, Frontier
Economics, Unió General de Treballadors de Catalunya, Direcció General de
Transport Terrestre (Catalan Government) and Ministerio de Fomento.
The director of the XREAP, Marti Parellada, the Catalan government’s
Secretary for Mobility, Manel Nadal, and Javier Asensio of the GEAP group
hosted and presented the symposium. The Catalan government’s General
Director for Ground Transport, Manel Villalante, made the concluding remarks.
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5. Research projects and economic projects
5.1. Competitive research projects with the participation of IEB members
In 2009, IEB members participated in the following competitive research projects:
• “Evaluación de los efectos de la descentralización sobre la eficiencia en la prestación de los servicios públicos y el
funcionamiento democrático del gobierno” (SEJ2006-15212)
Ministry of Education and Science
Director: Albert Solé
Period: 01/10/2006-30/09/2009
• “Economías de aglomeración y ciudades: El conocimiento como factor de competitividad” (SEJ2007-65086)
Director: Elisabet Viladecans
Period: 01/10/2007-30/09/2010
• “Rendición de cuentas y calidad del gobierno en los municipios españoles: Adaptación a las preferencias de los
votantes, eficiencia en la provisión de servicios públicos, corrupción y clientelismo” (ECO2009-12680)
Ministry of Science and Innovation
Period: 01/01/2010 – 31/12/2012
• “Asignación de impuestos y descentralización fiscal“ (ECO2009-12928)
Director: Alejandro Esteller
Period: 01/01/2010 – 31/12/2012
• “Factores de crecimiento: Capital humano, transporte, forma urbana y regulación” (ECO2009-12234)
Director: Josep Lluís Raymond
Period: 2009-2010
• “Impact of political incentives on local finances: Evidence from Italy and Spain” (HI2007-0094)
Directors: Alejandro Esteller; Giancarlo Pola
Period: 01/01/2008-31/12/2009
• Grup de Recerca Consolidat en Federalisme Fiscal i Economia Regional (2009SGR102)
Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise (Catalan Government)
Period: 30/09/2009-31/12/2013
• Grup de Recerca Consolidat Grup Interdisciplinar de Polítiques Educatives (2009SGR352)
Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise (Catalan Government)
Director: Jorge Calero
Period: 30/09/2009-31/12/2013
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• “Reconeixement de la Xarxa de Referència d’R+D+I: Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada”
Department of Education and Universities (Catalan Government)
Director: Martí Parellada
Period: 01/01/2008-31/12/2009
• “Aplicació de l’anàlisi evolvent de dades en la construcció d’un índex de benestar de les CCAA”
Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics
Director: Cristina de Gispert
Period: 26/05/2009-01/06/2010
• “Uso eficiente de los subsidios a la I+D para fomentar la entrada de actividades innovadoras”
Instituto de Estudios Fiscales
Director: Pere Arqué
Period: 15/06/2009-01/06/2009
5.2. Other competitive projects
In 2009, in recognition of the group’s research activity, the IEB received the following grants and economic support
from administrations for activities and infraestructure improvement:
• “Acciones Complementarias” – ECO2008-05317-E
For the event: II Summer School in Public Economics: “Economics of Corporate and Personal Income Taxation &
Political Economy”
Grant director: Núria Bosch
For the event: III Workshop on Fiscal Federalism: “Financing Sub-Central Governments”
Grant director: Albert Solé
For the event: ESSID 2009 (European Summer School on Industrial Dynamics): “Agglomeration, Industries and Innovation”
Grant director: Elisabet Viladecans
• “ARCS” – 2009-ARCS157
Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca – AGAUR
For the event: ESSID 2009 (European Summer School on Industrial Dynamics): “Agglomeration, Industries and
Innovation”
Grant director: Elisabet Viladecans
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5.3. Research calls for applications
Within the framework of the programs in which IEB has organized its research, the institute has made the following
calls for applications:
Post-Doctoral Researchers Call for Applications
Call for specialized post-doc researchers in the research lines Fiscal Federalism and Cities and Innovation.
In 2009, the following vacancie was advertised:
• Reseach Program “Fiscal Federalism”: 2 Post-Doctoral researchers in Public Economics.
Visiting Researchers Call for Applications
Call for researchers from other universities, offering short stays to promote cooperation with IEB researchers,
and for teaching short courses on the Official EHEA Master’s Degree Program in Economics at the Faculty of
Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona and the Summer School in Public Economics organized
annually by the IEB.
In 2009, the following vacancies were advertised:
• Research Program “Fiscal Federalism”: Visiting Researchers in Fiscal Federalism, Political Economy and Economics
of Taxation.
• Research Program “Cities and Innovation”: Visiting Researchers in Economics and Innovation and Regional and
Urban Economics.
Research Grants
Calls for researchers in the research lines Fiscal Federalism and Cities and Innovation.
In 2009, the following grant was advertised:
• Research Program “Fiscal Federalism”: 4 research projects in Fiscal Federalism.
Junior Researchers in Economics Call for Applications
Call for post-doc researchers in the research lines Fiscal Federalism and Cities and Innovation.
In 2009, the following vacancie was advertised:
• Research Programs “Fiscal Federalism” and “Cities and Innovation”: 3 Junior Researchers.
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PhD Scholarships
Call for PhD Students especialized in Public Economics.
In 2009, the following scholarships was advertised:
• Research Program “Fiscal Federalism”: 4 PhD Scholarships.
5.4. Economic studies
In 2009, including the materials prepared by the IEB’s consultancy service for public and private institutions and the
other research activities carried out by its members, the institute produced the following studies and reports:
• “Acuerdo Marco de colaboración en materia de investigación y desarrollo tecnológico”
Comisión Nacional de Energía
Period: 30/01/2006-30/01/2009
• “Projectes de recerca en l’àrea d’hisenda municipal”
Ajuntament de Barcelona
Director: Núria Bosch
Period: 01/01/2007-31/12/2009
• “Convenio de colaboración entre Red Eléctrica de España y Universitat de Barcelona”
Red Eléctrica de España, S.A.
Period: 31/01/2008-31/01/2009
• “Actuació en materia d’obra social de les caixes d’estalvi de Catalunya des del 2001 fins el 2005”
Departament d’Economia i Finances / Federació Catalana de Caixes d’Estalvis
Director: Antoni Garrido
Period: 01/01/2009-31/12/2009
• “La contribució de la Universitat al desenvolupament I”
Fundación CYD
Period: 01/01/09-31/12/09
• “Memòria econòmica de Catalunya, 2008”
Consell General de Cambres de Catalunya
Director: Antoni Garrido
Period: 01/01/09-31/07/09
• “Informe Territorial de la província de Barcelona”
Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de Barcelona
Directors: Martí Parellada / Elisabet Viladecans
Period: 01/01/09-31/12/09
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• “La contribució de la Universitat al desenvolupament II”
Fundación CYD
Director: Néstor Duch
Period: 01/01/09-31/12/09
• “Col·laboració dels capítols d’economia de l’Informe General Metropolità”
Institut d’Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona
Period: January 2009-July 2009
• “Despesa pública en justícia a Catalunya: Quantificació i anàlisi comparada”
Centre d’Estudis Jurídics i Formació Especialitzada
Director: Alejandro Esteller / Marta Espasa
Period: 14/01/09-04/06/09
• “Estudi sobre l’estimació de la despesa realitzada pels municipis en Benestar Social”
Federació de Municipis de Catalunya
Director: Maite Vilalta
Period: 18/05/09-15/09-09
• “Estudi sobre les transferències de la Generalitat als ens locals”
Federació de Municipis de Catalunya
Period: 01/06/09-31/07/09
• “Reforma fiscal a Andorra: Imposició directa”
Govern d’Andorra
Director: Josep M. Durán
Period: 2009
• “Convenio de colaboración entre REE, la UB y la FBG”
Red Eléctrica de España, S.A.U.
Period: September 2009-June 2010
• “Donar suport tècnic a l’estudi “Supporting the contribution of higher education to regional development. Selfevaluation report: Catalonia (Spain)”
Associació Catalana d’Universitats Públiques (ACUP)
Director: José García Quevedo
Period: 19/10/09-15/01/10
• “Quantificació dels costos dels nous serveis transferits”
Consell Insular de Menorca
Period: 01/11/09-29/01/10
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• “L’activitat al 22@ Barcelona 2009”
22 Arroba BCN SAU
Directors: Martí Parellada / Elisabet Viladecans
Period: 04/01/2009-30/06/2010
• “Reforma fiscal a Andorra: Impost sobre el valor afegit”
Grup Parlamentari Socialdemòcrata
Director: Josep Maria Durán
Period: 10/11/2009-30/06/2010
• “Realización de un estudio de validación externa del modelo QLP en la fase de cierre del proyecto de investigación
QLP para la realización de evaluaciones de impacto social”
Bet Value, S.L.
Director: Jorge Calero
Period: 15/11/2009-31/01/2010
• “Elaboració d’una proposta de noves vies de finançament”
Consell Insular de Menorca
Period: 01/12/2009-30/04/2010
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6. Attendance at
congresses, seminars
and conferences
6. Attendance at congresses, seminars and conferences
6.1. Congresses
Internacional Congresses
• Arqué, P.
“How can subsidies be effectively used to induce entry into R&D? Micro-Dynamic evidence from Spain”
The DRUID Society Conference 2009 on Innovation, Strategy and Knowledge
Copenhague (Denmark)
• Arqué, P.
“Subsidies to R&D and permanent inducement effects”
European Summer School on Industrial Dynamics (ESSID) 2009
Barcelona (Spain)
• Cubel, M.
“Segregation and social conflict”
New Directions in Welfare: A conference for economists and policy makers. Oxfrod University
Oxford (United Kingdom)
• Cubel, M.
“Equalization and social conflict”
Conference: “ASSET: Association of Southern European Economic Theorists”. Bogazici University
Istambul (Turkey)
• Costas, E.; Solé-Ollé, A.; Sorribas-Navarro, P.
“Do voters punish corrupt mayors? Recent evidence from Spain”
56th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International
San Francisco (United States)
• Dahlberg, M.; Fredriksson, P.; Eklof, M.; Jofre-Monseny, J
“Estimating preferences for local public services using migration data”
PhD Workshop in Fiscal Federalism
Uppsala (Sweden)
• Dahlberg, M.; Lockwood, B.; Mörk, E.; Sorribas-Navarro, P.
“Do politicians’ preferences matter for voters’ voting decisions?
65th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance
City of Cape (South Africa)
• Dahlberg, M.; Lockwood, B.; Mörk, E.; Sorribas-Navarro, P.
“Do politicians’ preferences matter for voters’ voting decisions?“
Conference on “The Economics of Political Economics: Positive Political Theory, Fiscal Federalism, and Local Public
Finance”, Universita Catolica del Sacro Cuore
Milan (Italy)
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• Duch, N.; García, J.; Parellada, M.
“Universities and regional economic growth in the Spanish regions”
Workshop on The Role of Academic Research in Territorial Economic Development. The European Network on
Industrial Policy (EUNIP)
San Sebastián (Spain)
• Esteller, A.; Rizzo, L.
“Identification of vertical tax externalities in consumption: An application to the us case”
III Workshop on Fiscal Federalism
Barcelona (Spain)
“Identification of vertical tax externalities in consumption: An application to the US case”
Annual Group Meeting of the Canadian Public Economics
Toronto (Canada)
“Identification of vertical tax externalities in consumption: An application to the US case”
• García Quevedo, J.; Polo, J.; Mas-Verdú, F.
“The determinants of university patenting: Do incentives matter?”, Triple Helix VII International Conference
Glasgow (United Kingdom)
• García Quevedo, J.; Polo, J.; Mas-Verdú, F.
“Which firms want PhDs? The effect of the university-industry relationship on the PhD labour market”
EUNIP Workshop on the Role of Academic Research in Territorial Economic Development Processes
San Sebastián (Spain)
“Urban sprawl and municipal budgets in Spain: A dynamic panel data analysis”
56th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International
San Francisco (United States)
“Is agglomeration taxable?”
56th North American Regional Science Association. Urban Economics Sessions
San Francisco (Estados Unidos)
“Which communities should be afraid of mobility? The effects of agglomeration economies on the sensitivity of firm
location to local taxes”
II Summer School in Public Economics
Barcelona (Spain)
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III Workshop in Fiscal Federalism
Barcelona (Spain)
“Immigrant wages in the Spanish labour market. Does the origin of human capital matter?”
III INSIDE Workshop, IAE, CSIC
Barcelona (Spain)
• Solé-Ollé, A.
“Inter-regional redistribution through infrastructure investment: Tactical or programmatic?”
Conference on “The Economics of Political Economics: Positive Political Theory, Fiscal Federalism, and Local Public
Finance”, Universita Catolica del Sacro Cuore
Milan (Italy)
“The dynamic adjustment of local government budgets: Does Spain behave differently?”
Workshop on Fiscal Decentralization
Ferrara (Italy)
“Does partisan alignment affect the electoral reward of intergovernmental transfers?”
Ferrara (Italy)
• Vázquez Grenno, J.
“Spanish pension system: Population aging and immigration policy”
Population Aging and Financial Market Workshop, Fondation du Risque – Université Paris Dauphine
Paris (France)
National Congresses
• Arqué, P.
“How can subsidies be effectively used to induce entry into R&D? Micro-Dynamic evidence from Spain”
Zvi Griliches Research Summer School in the Economics of Innovation
Barcelona (Spain)
• Barrio, T.; García Quevedo, J.
”The determinants of university patenting: Do incentives matter?”
XII Encuentro de Economía Aplicada
Madrid (Spain)
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• Bosch, N.; Espasa, M.; Mora, T.
“Estimation of the differences in the productive efficiency in the public Municipal services: Evidence for the Catalan
municipalities”
IV Congreso de eficiencia y productividad EFIUCO
Córdoba (Spain)
“Estimación y explicación de la eficiencia en la provisión de servicios públicos municipales”
XXXV Reunión de Estudios Regionales
Valencia (Spain)
“Measuring and explaining efficiency in the provision of municipal public services”
Workshop on Efficiency Measurement in Public Sector, Institut d’Economia de Barcelona
Barcelona (Spain)
• Dahlberg, M.; Mörk, E.; Sorribas-Navarro, P.
“Do politicians’ preferences matter for voters’ voting decisions?”
XVII Encuentro Economía Pública
Granada (Spain)
XVI Encuentros de Economía Pública
Granada (Spain)
• Escardíbul, J.O.; Villarroya, A.
“Determinantes de la elección de centro escolar”
XVIII Jornadas de la Asociación de Economía de la Educación
Valencia (Spain)
• Garrido, A.
“Transformaciones en el sector bancario”
XXIV Jornadas de Alicante de Economía Española
Alicante (Spain)
“Does urban sprawl increase the provision costs of local public services? Evidence from Spanish municipalities”
XVII Encuentro Economía Pública
Granada (Spain)
• Dahlberg, M.; Fredriksson, P; Eklöf, M.; Jofre-Monseny, J.
“Estimating preferences for local public services using migration data”
XVI Encuentros de Economía Pública
Granada (Spain)
• Pelegrín Sole, M.A.; Bolance, C.
“Deslocalización y Características Empresariales en Espanya”
IX Jornadas de Política Económica
Granada (Spain)
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“Immigrant wages in the Spanish labour market. Does the origin of human capital matter?
XXXIV Simposio de Análisis Económico
Valencia (Spain)
VIII Jornadas de Economía Laboral
Zaragoza (Spain)
“Immigrant wages in the Spanish labour market. Does the origin of human capital matter?
III INSIDE Workshop, IAE, CSIC
Barcelona (Spain)
Madrid (Spain)
• Viladecans, E.
“Knowledge spillovers and firm location: an analysis of Barcelona’s 22@ district”
Madrid (Spain)
6.2. Seminars and Conferences
• Bosch, N.
“Federalismo fiscal y Estado del bienestar ante la crisis”
III Jornadas sobre el Estado del Bienestar. Universidad de Alicante
Alicante (Spain)
• Bosch, N.
“La financiación de las Comunidades Autónomas en época de crisis”
Seminar: ‘Els efectes de la crisi econòmica en els pressupostos públics’. Consorci Universitat Internacional Menéndez
Pelayo – Centre Ernest Lluch.
Barcelona (Spain)
• Bosch, N.
“Financiación autonómica”
Seminar: España y sus nacionalismos. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Madrid (Spain)
• Bosch, N.
“Cuestiones pendientes para el futuro”
“La reforma del sistema de financiación de las Comunidades Autónomas. Perspectivas internacionales”. Fundación
Manuel Giménez Abad, Forum of Federations, Cortes de Aragón
Zaragoza (Spain)
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• Bosch, N.
“El finançament de la Generalitat de Catalunya: Abans i després de l’Estatut d’Autonomia del 2006”
XII Jornada d’Estudis Locals: Un nou model de finançament de Catalunya; UIC, Societat Catalana d’Estudis Jurídics
Tarragona (Spain)
• Durán, J.M.
“Comentarios sobre la ponencia “Individual Income Taxation: Income, Consumption, or Dual?”
FUNCAS Conference “Tax Systems: Whence and Whither”
Málaga (Spain)
• Escardíbul, J.O.
“La demanda de libros y publicaciones periódicas en España”
I Workshop en Economía y Gestión de la Cultura
Sevilla (Spain)
Ferrara (Italy)
• Esteller, A.
Workshop “L’administració tributària en el marc dels nous estatuts d’autonomia”
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona (Spain)
“Comment on van Ypersele, T. “Tax Competition with an Imperfect labor Market”
Conference ‘Competition among Nation States’, WZB (Wissenchaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung) & Max
Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
Berlin (Germany)
• Sorribas, P.
Invited to discuss paper “The last refuge of a soundrel? Patriotism and tax compliance” de Konrad, K.A. and Qari, S.
Conference: Competition among Nation States
Berlin (Germany)
• Viladecans E.
“Efecto de las Cajas sobre el desarrollo regional: un análisis aplicado a los municipios españoles”
IV Jornadas sobre la Singularidad de las Cajas de Ahorro Españolas. Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza (Spain)
• Vilalta, M.
“Las políticas públicas de transferencias de la Administración General del Estado y de las Comunidades Autónomas
a favor de las Corporaciones Locales”
IV Foro Económico-Financiero de COSITAL. Módulo de Financiación de las Entidades Locales: Políticas Municipales
ante una fase depresiva del ciclo económico
Madrid (Spain)
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• Vilalta, M.
“Las relaciones intergubernamentales en el Estado autonómico”
Round table held by Forum of Federations and Institut d’Estudis Autonómics on “Global Dialogue”.
Barcelona (Spain)
• Vilalta, M.
“El model de finançament de l’Estatut d’Autonomia de Catalunya”
Jornada de contacte amb el nou Estatut d’Autonomia de Catalunya. Subdirecció General de Relacions amb el
Parlament (Catalan Government)
Barcelona (Spain)
• Vilalta, M.
“Competencias y financiación de los gobiernos locales”
II Congreso Internacional Municipia Siglo XXI. Diputación de Zaragoza, Fundación Democracia y Gobierno Local
Zaragoza (Spain)
• Vilalta, M.
“Les corporacions locals davant la crisi econòmica”
Course “Els efectes de la crisi econòmica en els pressupostos públics”. Consorci Universitat Internacional Menéndez
Pelayo de Barcelona (CUIMP)
Barcelona (Spain)
• Vilalta, M.
“Finançament local: Context i mesures”
Congress “Reptes locals davant la crisi”. Institució cívica i de pensament Joan Fuster
Alicante (Spain)
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7. Visits
7. Visits
7.1. By the IEB members
During 2009, the IEB members have made some visiting abroad:
• Arqué, Pere
Visiting at the UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University (Netherlands)
Dates of visit: January - May 2009
• Hortas, Miriam
Visiting at the University of California Irvine (USA)
Dates of visit: September - December 2009
• Jofre-Monseny, Jordi
Visiting at Uppsala University (Sweden)
Dates of visit: January 2009
• Sorribas-Navarro, Pilar
Visiting at Uppsala University (Sweden)
Dates of visit: January 2009
• Viladecans-Marsal, Elisabet
Visiting at Università degli Studi di Ferrara (Italy)
Dates of visit: May 2009
7.2. Professors visiting the IEB
In 2009, the following lecturers have visited IEB:
• Jonathan Rork, Andreu Young School of Public Studies - Georgia State University (United States)
Dates of visit: January 17 - February 1, 2009
• Eva Mörk, IFAU & Uppsala University (Sweden)
Dates of visit: February 21 - February 28, 2009
• Mattias Wrede, University of Marburg (Germany)
Dates of visit: March 29 - April 5, 2009
• Mario Jametti, University of Lugano (Switzerland)
Dates of visit: April 14 - April 26, 2009
• Daniel Wilson, RFB San Francisco (United States)
Dates of visit: April 27 - May 8, 2009
• Oliver Falck, Ifo Institute, Munich (Germany)
Dates of visit: June 8 - June 12, 2009,
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• Clemens Fuest, Oxford University (United Kingdom)
Dates of visit: June 29 - July 3 2009
• Jack Mintz, University of Calgary (Canada)
Dates of visit: June 29 - July 3 2009
• Ben Lockwood, University of Warwick (United Kingdom)
Dates of visit: July 6 - July 10 2009
• James Snyder, MIT (United States)
Dates of visit: July 6 - July 10 2009
• Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto (Canada)
Dates of visit: August 31 - September 4 2009
• Stefano Breschi, CESPRI-Bocconi University (Italy)
• Coro Chasco Yrigoyen, Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain)
• Francesco Lissoni, CESPRI-Bocconi University (Italy)
• Philip McCann, University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
• Attila Varga, University of Pecs (Hungary)
• Dirk Dohse, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Germany)
Dates of visit: September 14 - September 18, 2009
• Jon Fiva, Oslo University (Norway)
Dates of visit: September 28 - October 4, 2009
• Bruno de Borger, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Dates of visit: October 4 - October 16, 2009
• Jose M. Cordero, Universidad de Extremadura (Spain)
Dates of visit: October 12 - October 16, 2009
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8. PhD theses
8. PhD theses
8. PhD theses
In 2009, IEB members have supervised or read the following PhD theses:
• PhD Student: Sergio Afcha
Title: Evaluación de las ayudas públicas a la I+D en España (to be read in 2011)
University: Universitat de Barcelona
• PhD Student: Pere Arqué Castells
Title: Optimal R&D subsidy granting when state dependence exists (to be read in 2010)
• PhD Student: Albert Brué Pérez
Director: Albert Solé-Ollé
Title: The diffusion of green policies among local governments (to be read in 2014)
• PhD Student: Elena Costas Pérez
Director: Albert Solé-Ollé
Title: Corruption in Spanish municipalities: Causes and consequences (to be read in 2012)
• PhD Student: Marta Curto Grau
Directors: Albert Solé-Ollé / Pilar Sorribas Navarro
Title: Partisan alignment and intergovernmental transfers: Electoral productivity, clientelism and political preferences
(to be read in 2012)
• PhD Student: Javier García Estévez
Director: Martí Parellada / Néstor Duch
Title: Essays on the relationship between universities and regional economic development (to be read in 2011)
• PhD Student: Miriam Hortas Rico
Director: Albert Solé-Olle
Title: The effects of urban sprawl on local budgets (to be read in 2010)
• PhD Student: Jordi Jofre Monseny
Title: Competencia fiscal y economías de aglomeración
Reading Date: 16/09/2009
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• PhD Student: Daniel Liviano
Directors: Josep M. Arauzo Carod / Elisabet Viladecans Marsal
Title: Essays on industrial dynamics: Spatial and temporal dimensions of firms entry
Reading Date: 10/09/2009
University: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
• PhD Student: José Luis Polo Otero
Director: Martí Parellada / Néstor Duch
Title: Análisis económico de las universidades (to be read in 2011)
• PhD Student: José Alberto Saucedo Sánchez
Directora: Núria Bosch Roca
Title: Una aproximación a las balanzas fiscales de los estados de México (to be read in 2010)
University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• PhD Student: Paula Salinas Peña
Title: Evaluación de los efectos de la descentralización sobre la eficiencia en la provisión de los servicios públicos
(to be read in 2010)
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Report preparation: Institut d’Economia de Barcelona (IEB)
Supervision: Institut d’Economia de Barcelona (IEB)
Graphic design and coordination: EPA Disseny S.L.

Report of the IEB`s activities 2009

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