Este artículo estudia la relación entre los salarios reales y sus determinantes en la economía española durante el período 1980-2000, mediante la técnica de análisis de series temporales. Nuestro objetivo es analizar en qué medida la evolución de los salarios está influida por los...

En este trabajo se analizan las disposiciones de los nuevos estatutos regionales y proyectos de estatuto que intentan condicionar en alguna medida el diseño del nuevo sistema de financiación regional. Prestamos especial atención a las implicaciones del nuevo Estatuto catalán en el que se...

The aim of this paper is to analyse the effect of institutions on economic growth. On the one hand, we present an analysis of the existing theoretical and empirical studies, which have achieved wide consensus regarding the positive effects of institutional quality. On the other hand, we identify...

This paper provides empirical evidence about the relationship between wages and their determinants in the Spanish economy from a macroeconomic perspective, as well as about the adjustment speed back to long run equilibrium, estimating an error correction mechanism by non-linear methods. The...

This paper contributes to the debate about which factors determine the institutional quality of countries. it uses explanatory economic, socio-political and cultural variables for three sub-samples of countries with different income level. The results validate the hypothesis that establishes...

"This paper shows that the inclusion of institutional indicators in a traditional model of growth substantially improves its explanatory capacity. The results have implications for economic policy, because not all the dimensions of institutional quality influence growth to the same extent. A...

"The aim of this paper is to determine the most adequate institutional variables to introduce into a growth model, depending on the income levels of countries. The results show that, for rich countries, the rule of law is fundamental while, for poor countries, it is control of corruption. This...

The aim of this paper is to quantify the importance of institutions in economic growth and to identify the factors that determine institutional quality. For this purpose, we estimate a system of simultaneous equations with an income equation and another one of institutional quality and use a...