ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY

Author: PUJOLAR MORALES DAVID.
Year: 2002.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: ESCUELA DE DOCTORADO Y FORMACIÓN CONTINUADA.
Place of preparation: ESCUELA DE DOCTORADO Y DE FORMACIÓN CONTINUADA.

Summary: This thesis is developed processes methodological alternative to the existing ones, both in mathematical terms as statistical becoming apparent limitations of some of the processes commonly used in economics. Specifically: * It develops an original method for trajabar with dynamic stochastic optimization models in discrete time. * This produces a general expression for the effects of marginal models tobit widespread evidenciándose limitations of the method of Heckman.

Author: CEBALLOS HORNERO DAVID.
Year: 2003.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: CIENCIAS ECONOMICAS Y EMPRESARIALES.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA.

Summary: Historical Research Theoretical tion of the extent and value of the time in economic science, and particularly in the financial economy. It confronia the traditional perspective of the time variable with a bias physical and cuantitativo.A the latest trends and biological where interpretations temporary adds subjectivity and heterogeneity in the analysis of the major financial problems: Predición, valuation and making decisiciones . latter perspective emerges the concept of time Histórico-financiero as more appropriate and useful for the financial analysis.

Author: CEBALLOS HORNERO DAVID.
Year: 2003.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAT DE CIENCIES ECONOMIQUES I EMPRESARIALES.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA.

Summary: Research histórico-teórica the notion extent and value of the time in economic science, and particularly in the financial economy. --- It was the traditional view of the variable time with a bias liabilities and quantitatively to the latest trends and where the biological interpretation temporary adds subjectivity and heterogeneity in the analysis of the major financial problems: forecasting, valuation decision-making, the latter perspective emerges the concept of time histórico-financiero as more appropriate and useful for the financial analysis.

Author: CORTEZ ALEJANDRO KLENDER AIMER.
Year: 2004.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ECONOMICAS Y EMPRESAS.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ECONOMICAS Y EMPRESARIALES.

Summary: The purpose of the study was to see that the exchange rate TC pesos / dollar buying and selling exhibits a non-linear dynamics and the behavior of individual or mass market participants exchange is a cause that creates this dinámica.En first instead we conducted a review of the classical models to explain the CT and concluded that the contrasts on these empirical models were generally unfavorable to explain the TC in recent years we as a prartida the following question: CT pesos / dollar Do you still a random walk? To answer this question we divide the entire series SC study into two periods: BC currency bands of OZ / SCS 192 TO 22/DIC/94 and flexible RF 23/DIC/94 to 30/SEP/03.Utilizamos evidence of kindness adjustment and conclude our series no sguian a normal distribution. Finally, ralizamos test Ljung-Box and found that the data were not correlated variables iid.Posteriormente adjust ARMA models and the results showed no residue independent with the exception of BC, Z randomly in the FR 3 persistence in the SC. Moreover, we found that the TC-compra showed greater persistence than the TC-venta. Also apply models ARFIMA and live that did not generate an improvement considerable.Así, we opted for the study of chaos theory and stochastic models not linales. We conclude that the BC exhibited a dynamic chaotic, while the preriodo RF also showed a non-linear but non estacastico and conformed to a GARCH LI, I. This could enternder the preiodos BC and RF but faltavba the SC. For that reason, we proposed the hypothesis of Forex coherente.Así, clasificariamos the TC pesos / dollars in 4 stages that depend on the bias critical mass and behavior of market participants: 1) chaotic 1992.1993 and 1994.2) consistent 1995 and 1998. 3) walk random 1996 and 1997, 2003 and 4 tanssición unstable average of the period 1992-2003.

Author: SORROSAL FORRADELLAS M. TERESA.
Year: 2004.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD CIÈNCIES ECONÒMIQUES I EMPRESARIALS.
Place of preparation: FAC. CIENCIES ECONÓMIQUES I EMPRESARIALS.

Author: ALMANSA SÁEZ MARÍA DEL CARMEN.
Year: 2005.
University: POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA [www.upv.es].
Place of defense: UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA.

Summary: Joining the Civil Social Welfare of the goal of intergenerational equity (as embodied in the concept of sustainability), makes the traditional approach to the analysis Coste-Beneficio (CBA) express obsolete as a tool for the evaluation of projects with impact on future generations. The attempt to reconcile this decision tool with the philosophy of sustainability necessarily imply changes in its analytical context, which can be seen as a new approach, called Analysis Coste-Beneficio Generalized (ACBG), or CPF with valuation of environmental externalities. In this context, this Doctoral Thesis surge with a first goal, methodological, the revision of certain controversial points in the analytical stages of ACBG, particularly discussed environmental issue discount. So in this first part included the proposal for a new approach to discount focused on the use of different discount rates for tangible, applied in the same ACB proposal based on the reassessment of the assumptions that underlie the discount classic. Additionally, within this methodological framework has been designed two indicators of profitability environmental (Environmental Review and Rate Amount Intergenerational Transfer), which seek to quantify in absolute and relative terms respectively, the level of intergenerational equity implicit in the analysis. Secondly, this paper focuses its application in the area of Economic Evaluation of erosion. This thesis valued by the Contingent Value Method (MVC) the overall effects of a draft of the Erosion Control. The value obtained was then used in an application ACBG. The case study is the "Economic Evaluation Project Restoration Hydrological Basin of Aljibe (Almeria)."

Author: Permanyer Ugartemendia Ignacio.
Year: 2006.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: Departamento de Geografía.
Place of preparation: Centro de Estudios Demográficos.

Summary: This article explores a multitude of issues related to the measurement of well-being and gender differences from an innovative perspective. The first chapter is devoted to a review of the basics of "Capability approach" proposed by Amartya Sen, who seems under ideal job to develop studies (theoretical and practical) on the measurement of well-being and gender differences. In Chapters 2 and 3 are proposed new methods and measures to compare how robust levels of welfare between different population groups of interest. The development of methods which are robust comparison is particularly useful, because they tell us about the reliability to be conferred to these results. Some of the techniques presented in these chapters are inspired by the work of Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Vice President of the "Human Development and Capability Association founded by Amartya Sen. In addition to the theoretical development, offered empirical results are compared to those on one side of welfare levels among 19 developing countries and by other levels of welfare for women and men in the same countries. To achieve the empirical data were used to "Demographic and Health Surveys." In Chapter 4 presents a new indicator to measure the levels of development of a country by correcting the gender gap (or a variant of "Gender-related Development Index" published by the United Nations) and other indicator which measures the difference gender per se. Both indicators are a clear improvement over the corresponding indicators are widely used in agencies and international scientific publications. In Chapter 5 discusses critical indicators of gender inequality commonly used in the literature and suggests improvements. Based on the most reasonable indicators, is a comprehensive international comparative study of the levels of gender inequality and its evolution over the period 1994-2005 using the variables included in the definition of "Gender-related Development Index". In addition, we studied the possible association between levels of gender inequality on the one hand and levels of development and fertility levels on the other. To test the sensitivity of the results with respect to the variables selected were performed similar calculations when choosing welfare variables used in chapters 2 and 3 from the "Demographic and Health Surveys." The results confirm the need to expand the list of indicators of well-being that are used in the "Gender-related Development Index" (and hence on the Human Development Index).