Could the local funding crisis have been avoided? An IEB study concludes that the town councils spent money without bearing in mind the likely fall in income
Thursday, 15 December 2011
The authors, Albert Solé-Ollé and Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal, conclude that with the housing boom there was a certain relaxation in the control of local government spending.
Anna Matas, head of the IEB’s new line of research into infrastructure and transport: “We need to implement a coherent method to evaluate the costs and benefits of investments”
Thursday, 24 November 2011
The Barcelona Economics Institute has just launched a new line of research into infrastructure and transport. The aim of this new project is to analyse challenges such as the funding of infrastructure in the middle of the crisis, how to guarantee the profitability of plans and investments, and the setting prices for high speed trains…
José García Quevedo, IEB lecturer, wins award for the collective study Catalan industry after the crisis
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
The IEB lecturer José García Quevedo has been awarded the Joan Sardà Dexeus Prize for Economics, together with the other authors of this study which analyses the effects of the crisis on industrial activity.
Visiting Researchers in Industrial Organization and Regulation
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
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Visiting Researchers in Industrial Organization and Regulation
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
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Visiting Researchers in Economics of Innovation and Urban Economics
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
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