Professional forecasters can have other objectives as well as minimizing expected squared forecast errors. This paper studies whether the people or companies which make forecasts behave strategically with the aim of maximizing aspects such as publicity, salary or their prestige, or more...

Pons-Novell J. and Tirado-Fabregat D. A. (2006) Specialization and asymmetries in the macroeconomic fluctuations: evidence for the European regions, Regional Studies 40, 695-706. This paper examines the hypothesis that there is an inverse relationship between specialization in production and the...

This article undertakes an analysis of the forecasts included in the Panel of Spanish Forecasts in order to highlight the fact that the predictions made and the errors committed by the entities participating on this panel contain information that is particularly useful in analysing the evolution...

PONS-NOVELL J. and VILADECANS-MARSAL E. (1999) Kaldor's laws and spatial dependence: evidence for the European regions, Reg. Studies 33, 443-451. In this paper we provide an outline of Kaldor's growth model and test its relevance to the economic experience of European regions during the period...

This comparative study looks at the international impact of leading economics journals published in Spain, Italy, France and Germany. It also aims to establish whether they play similar roles in these four countries. For this purpose, data were collected on the number of times that articles...

Improving prescription drug quality is an essential health policy goal in modern health systems, though evidence on the available instruments to attain such a goal are scarce. Cost sharing has an arguable role in improving the likelihood of an individual obtaining an appropriate prescription....