En el presente trabajo se estiman los costes indirectos (pérdidas de productividad laboral) ocasionados en España por los tumores, y en particular por cuatro tipos concretos: mama, cérvix, próstata y colon. Además de los costes que originan su tratamiento y prevención, las enfermedades...

En este estudio analizaremos un grupo de revistas electrónicas, españolas y extranjeras, consideradas de referencia en el ámbito de la Política Farmacéutica y que han trasladado sus contenidos a la red. Comprobaremos si su paso a Internet se ha resuelto con una mera versión digital de la...

Objectives. To estimate the healthcare resources spent by diabetic patients in Spain during the year 2002. Methods. The present work is a cost-of-illness study. Direct healthcare costs were estimated using rates of DM, based on primary and secondary sources of information. A range of prevalence...

Objetivo. Estimar el consumo de recursos sanitarios empleados en prevención y el tratamiento de pacientes con Diabetes Mellitus (DM) en España en el año 2002. Métodos. Estudio de coste de la enfermedad. Los costes directos sanitarios se estimaron mediante un enfoque de prevalencia...

Several situations in our daily interactions are characterized by uncertainty and asymmetric information regarding the final outcomes. For example, an investor may overstate a project’s value, or a superior may choose to under, or over, state the gains from a project to a subordinate. We...

We test the strategic motive to sell forward in experimental Cournot duopoly and quadropoly environments with either a finite (exogenous close) or an infinite (endogenous close) number of forward markets. In the exogenous close case experienced subjects do not avail themselves of the forward...

Financial markets are overwhelmed by daily announcements. We use experimental asset markets to assess the impact of releasing public messages with different levels of reliability on asset prices. Subjects receive qualitative announcements in predetermined trading periods that are either preset...

This paper analyzes the incentives for governments to impose export subsidies when firms invest in a cost saving technology before market competition. Governments first impose an export subsidy or a tax. After observing export policy, firms invest in cost reducing R&D and subsequently compete in...