El investigador del IEB, Oriol Escardíbul, es el autor del último INFO IEB, en el que analiza las ventajas y los inconvenientes del sistema de incentivos salariales para los profesores vinculado al rendimiento de los estudiantes, un tema de actualidad debido a la entrada de la medida en la legislación…

The positive effects on short-term economic growth of a fiscal devaluation mean that various analysts and institutions recommend adopting this policy to help reactivate an economy. Indeed, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently recommended that the Spanish government do just that, i.e., increase VAT and reduce employers’ social security contributions. In its IEB Report…

Visiting researchers {module 177}

Evaluation investment and transport policy cost-benefit analysis in transport. Accessibility and location of economic activities. infrastructure and productivity. Investment in transport and sustainability. Liberalisation and competition oligopolistic market structure. Paper costs of infrastructure access and competition. Economic regulation of the common infrastructure. Infrastructure Financing Private participation in infrastructure. pricing and infrastructure financing. Cities and Transportation:…

Infrastructure and Transport Objectives The aim of the research programme in Infrastructure and Transport is to promote research in this area from an economic viewpoint, in order to generate knowledge that is useful to society and is able to guide public policy. It focuses on the effects of infrastructure investments and transport policies on economic…

Cities Objectives The Cities Research Programme has as its primary goal the study of the role of cities as engines of prosperity. The different lines of research currently being developed address such critical questions as the determinants of city growth and the social relations established in them, agglomeration economies as a key element for explaining…