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...

This paper analyzes the productivity of the Spanish economy in relation to the five major European economies and also the allocation of primary income between capital and labor factors. The evolution of productivity in the Spanish economy is weak compared to the European context. Furthermore, it...

This article presents, first, a graphical analysis of the well-known equality of saving and investment for the cases of Spain and the Eurozone between 2000 and 2011. Then, correlation and Granger causality between government deficit and private deficit in both economies is analyzed. Since public...

No one can ignore the importance of financial innovation in mortgage markets. A relevant issue is the choice of the amortization system. This article shows how the French amortization system has reduced the price of loans in the short term whereas price of loans has become more expensive in the...

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...