5 articles in this issue
Pablo de Llano, Carlos Piñeiro, Manuel Rodríguez
This paper offers a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of eight popular forecasting methods: univariate, linear, discriminate and logit regression; recursive partitioning, rough sets, artificial neural networks, and DEA. Our goals are: clarify the ... see more
Tran Quang Tuyen, Vu Van Huong, Doan Thanh Tinh, Tran Duc Hiep
Using data from nationwide surveys of provincial institutions and private manufacturing small medium enterprises, this study provided the first evidence of the impact of provincial institution quality and firms’ participation in and intensity of corrupt a... see more
Rómulo A. Chumacero, Juan Gallegos Mardones, Ricardo D. Paredes
The positive impact that competition has on performance in most industries has been questioned in the education sector. The difficulty to measure competition, the idea that parents don’t rationally choose schools for their children, and that schools do no... see more
C. José García Martín, Begoña Herrero Piqueras, Ana María Ibañez Escribano
This study investigates the informational role of thin options markets, specifically the Spanish options market. Firstly, we examine the effect of options markets by analysing stock market reaction to earnings news, conditional on the availability of opti... see more
Andrés Artal-Tur, Vicente J. Pallardó-López, Francisco Requena-Silvente
Using newly panel data on visa restrictions for the years 2000 and 2010 in a theory-grounded gravity model, we find a robust, causal negative impact of visa restrictions on international tourist flows. By destination, the detrimental impact of this type o... see more