Welfare economics shows how innovation and cost control are necessary to correct the negative externalities of production and consumption patterns to ensure a path of sustainable growth. When welfare economics describes the fundamentals of green growth, with innovation as a cornerstone for the...

In this paper, we show that the recent financial crisis has significantly affected the potential total factor productivity (TFP) of the four largest euro area economies, as well as that of the rest of the euro area. We used a reduced-form equation of TFP, based on an approach recently developed...

The article presents a study of the purchasing power of wages in the Spanish economy during the last decade. We distinguish between purchasing power and the investment power, and we build an indicator of total purchasing power of salaries. The study is developped by NACE activity sections and...

The economic and social importance of housing markets justifies, more than ever, rigorous analyses that show clearly the actual situation and the future trend of that sector. This paper aims to provide a preliminary estimate of the economic impact of the construction sector on the Spanish...

To understand the formation and extent of the speculative tsunami that sweeps the coast of the Spanish economy since the end of 2007, it is necessary to analyze the profitability of property sales in the past decade. This article analyzes economic and financial profitability, and the multiplier...

Housing construction has been fueled in recent years by a speculative process that has ended up generating an extraordinary oversupply. The aim of this study is to quantify the gap between supply and demand for housing in the Spanish economy between 1996 and 2007. Different estimates of the...