In the present Doctoral Thesis, we offer an analysis of the Local Agenda 21 and of the achievements reached in the attainment of a Sustainable Development through these programs. With this aim, firstly, we have established the institutional and conceptual framework of the Sustainable...

We develop an investigation regarding the determinants of the stock prices listed in the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV). We use the valuation Ohlson model and an extension of it. The Ohlson-Beta model includes the Beta elasticity as an additional explanatory variable. We use time-series and...

Econometrics is the area of statistics concerned in analyzing economic data, for both economic and business applications. This document, introduces the intermediate concepts of this area, for students already familiarized with basic econometric theory. In particular, topics concerning...

This work contains a critical review of main econometric studies that have addressed the analysis of causality between tourism and long-term economic growth. These studies have employed a variety of methodologies, models such as VAR, VECM, ARDL, ARCH, GARCH, cross section and panel data. In...

This article considers the customer's trust and commitment variables in attaining the much desired brand loyalty. In this sense, the present study proposed to validate a theoric model composed of three pillars - trust, commitment and brand loyalty, which would be useful for companies with a...

The exchange rate is influenced by multiple national and international macroeconomic factors, which generates high levels of uncertainty. The objective of this research is the construction of ARIMA-GARCH and ARIMAX-GARCH models as a tool for the forecast of the exchange rate in Colombia from the...

This paper presents the main results of a model of import demand of wood products in the U.S. and its implications for Colombia. The time length considered here was 1980-1999. The theoretical model used was developed by Deaton and Muellbauer in 1980 and it is called: An Almost Ideal Demand...

This study aimed mainly on designing a methodology for the measurement and evaluation of management efficiency in the electricity sector in Venezuela. We conducted a literature review on the existing techniques, as management indicators, stochastic frontiers and data envelopment analysis (DEA),...

This study addresses the analysis of residential demand in Spain, focusing on various energy goods such as electricity, natural gas, and fuels for personal vehicles. Employing an approach based on the QUAIDS model and using data from the 2022 Household Budget Survey from the Spanish National...

En el presente trabajo estudiamos los determinantes económicos e institucionales en la relación mercado de trabajo y desigualdad salarial en el Gran Buenos Aires durante el período 1980-1999. La hipótesis principal de este trabajo es que las variaciones en los niveles de desigualdad salarial...