In the last years, tourism has experienced deep transformations, so searching new alternatives is an absolute necessity. Urban space has become a very interesting option, as its enormous range of possibilities may respond to many demand patterns changes. On the other hand, cities are going...

Lopez-Bazo E., Del Barrio T. and Artis M. (2005) Geographical distribution of unemployment in Spain, Regional Studies 39 , 305-318. This paper estimates the external shape of the regional distribution of unemployment rates and it studies intradistribution dynamics to analyse the extent of...

This study assesses the effectiveness of private and public capital investments in the performance of manufactures within the framework of the duality theory. The response of costs of production and input utilization to changes in the stocks of private and public capital is measured by the...

Using microdata, we analyse the determinants of firm relocation and conventional outsourcing decisions as a way to reduce employment. The results for a sample of 32 countries show the relevance of factors not considered previously in the literature. Firms that are below average in quality or...

Royuela V. and Artis M. (2006) Convergence analysis in terms of quality of life in the urban systems of the Barcelona province, 1991-2000, Regional Studies 40, 485-492. The economic convergence between regions or countries has been extensively analysed in the literature. These areas have also...

Credit scoring systems created for the evaluation of new applications are based on the available statistical information which is related to the behaviour of former clients with credit. Usually, financial institutions apply discriminant analysis techniques to create these systems but they lack...