Abstract: Papers examining a developed nation’s labour productivity frequently ignore spatial effects. We present empirical results indicating that geographical proximity matters for plant-level productivity.

In this study a function of the demand for holiday making tourism in the Canary Islands is estimated. The object is to identify the determinants of this function and quantify their impact, not only on the volume of demand (length of stay), but also on the gross income generated by tourism, given...

L’obiettivo principale del presente lavoro è la valutazione del contributo informativo allo studio del fenomeno del sommerso nel territorio nazionale fornito dall’integrazione di archivi amministrativi. In particolare il lavoro si basa sull’abbinamento delle imprese presenti...

En este documento se presenta un índice de precios de vivienda nueva ajustado por cambios en la calidad de los inmuebles para la ciudad de Bogotá. Para ello se utilizó la base de datos de La Galería Inmobiliaria para el período 2003-2013. El indicador se construyó utilizando el modelo...

El análisis de las externalidades en el sector inmobiliario ha atraído desde hace varios años la atención de los investigadores suscitando una gran cantidad de estudios al respecto. En este artículo se utilizan modelos econométricos tradicionales, de la econometría espacial y de...

The empirical literature on mergers, market power and collusion in differentiated markets has mainly focused on methods relying on output and/or panel data. In contrast to this literature we suggest a novel approach that allows for the detection of collusive behavior among a group of firms...

The recent progress of spatial econometrics has developed a new technique called the “spatial hedonic approach,” which considers the elements of spatial autocorrelation among property values and geographically distributed attributes. The practical difficulties in applying spatial econometric...

In this paper we consider a location and pricing model for a retail firm that wants to enter a spatial market where a competitor firm is already operating as a monopoly with several outlets. The entering firms seeks to determine the optimal uniform mill price and its servers' locations that...

La distance a la clientele est une variable importante pour l'entreprise de service, car pour vendre un service il faut une rencontre entre le producteur et le consommateur du service. L'acces a des marches eloignes se traduit directement par des couts de fonctionnement (transport,...

A survey analysis of innovation information and input sourcing of New South Wales regional exporting firms indicates that the majority of regional exporters were small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The analysis shows that these SMEs have been able to establish their own extensive...