A generalized NEG wage-type equation

[Abstract]: This chapter discusses several controversial issues of the New Economic Geography (NEG) theory, focusing on some problems of interpretation regarding the estimation results of a wage equation. In order to do that, several wage equations found in the literature are encompassed under the derivation of a new generalized wage-type equation, with marginal cost as dependent variable. A testable equation controlling for human and physical capital stocks is also derived

Mil obxectivos a desenvolver

[Abstract] Global outlook on economic development, erradication of poverty and the Millennium Goal

O comercio exterior de Galicia en 2007 e a política de internacionalización empresarial

[Abstract] Analysis of the Galician foreign trade in 2007 and proposal of a strategy for business internationalizatio

Amartya Sen, O desenvolvemento como liberdade

[Abstract] Book review of "Development as freedom" by Amartya Se

Why do empirical tests tend to accept the NEG?- An alternative approach to the 'wage equation' in European regions

[Abstract]This paper posits a new approach to the ‘wage equation’ of the New Economic Geography (NEG) stressing the uncertain interpretation of its empirical results. It emphasizes the generality of the variable to be explained, marginal costs. Then, two artificial (no-NEG) tests are proposed in order to identify the statistical features explaining why wage-type equations tend to be accepted in tests for European data. The estimation results are shown to be similar not only when Market Potential is built for variables that do not measure market size but also when the focus of attention changes from global to local spatial patterns

Comercio internacional: crece pero abanea

[Abstract] Analysis of the world trade trends in 200

Novos principios para a política de Internacionalización empresarial

[Abstract] Strategic proposals for a Galician policiy of business internationalizatio

Happy Cultures? A Multilevel Model of Well‑Being with Individual and Contextual Human Values

[Abstract] Despite the abundant literature in Happiness Science, no paper to date has studied the joint effects of human values on subjective well-being at individual and contextual level.Using European Social Survey data for life satisfaction and Salomon H. Schwartz’s scale for human values with four and ten dimensions, this paper presents novel evidence on the direct effects of individual, regional, and national human values, utilizing two different ways of building cultural indicators of human values. We show that regional factors explain approximately 2% of the dispersion of individual life satisfaction, whereas national factors explain around 12%. The results on the effects of individual human values support Sortheix and Schwartz’s hypothesis, with a significant difference: Individual Conformity has a positive impact on well-being, not the negative sign Sortheix and Schwartz predict for Conservation values. We also find positive direct cultural effects for Benevolence and Conformity and negative effects for Tradition. Additionally, we propose a research agenda for human values and contextual effects on well-being studies

Citizens' Climate Responsibility and Human Values in the European Union

[Abstract] Using data from the European Social Survey for 17 countries in the European Union, we estimate models to predict personal responsibility to fight climate change and willingness to pay taxes on fossil fuels. This is the first study to research personal and fiscal responsibility simultaneously. It is also the first to use the details of all of Schwartz’s basic human values to analyse pro-environmental behaviour. The study’s main conclusions are the following. Firstly, human values in the self-protection dimension (Conservation and Self-Enhancement) tend to reduce responsibility, whereas values in the growth dimension (Self-Transcendence and Openness to Change) tend to increase it. Secondly, among Self Enhancement values, Power has a negative effect, but Achievement tends to have a positive effect. Thirdly, among Self-Transcendence values, biospheric and other universalist values have a positive effect, but Benevolence reduces support for green taxes. Fourthly, Hedonism has negative effects on values of Openness to Change but Stimulation positive ones. Fifthly, the findings for control variables show that age is the most important individual factor explaining personal and fiscal responsibility, followed by political variables (left-right orientation, interest in politics, trust in politicians) and income. These results can help to design communication policies related to the European Green Deal