Essays on Microeconomics and Industrial Organisation

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Modeling Seasonal Integrated Time Series: the Spanish Industrial Production Index....Pages 5-17
Passenger’s Choice of Air Transport under Road Competition: the Use of Cointegration Techniques....Pages 19-28
Introduction of an Innovative Product: the High Speed Train (AVE)....Pages 29-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Technical and Allocative Inefficiency in Spanish Public Hospitals....Pages 43-56
Technical Efficiency of Road Haulage Firms....Pages 57-70
Technological Innovation and Employment: Intersectoral Appraisals of Structural Change in the Service Economy....Pages 71-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
The Measurement of Intra-industry Trade and Specialisation: a Review....Pages 91-123
The Determinants of Intra-industry Trade in Spanish Manufacturing Sectors: a Cross-section Analysis....Pages 125-134
Economic Integration, Vertical and Horizontal Intra-industry Trade and Structural Adjustment: the Spanish Experience....Pages 135-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Structure, Functioning and Regulation of the Spanish Electricity Sector. The Legal Framework and the New Proposals for Reform....Pages 149-166
Effects of a Reduction of Standard Working Hours on Labour Market Performance....Pages 167-182
Dynamic Adjustments in a Two-Sector Model....Pages 183-191
Back Matter....Pages 192-192