• Clusters in foreign-born vs. native self-employment in Europe: Do we look alike? 

      Cuadros, Ana; Cuestas, Juan Carlos; Mourelle, Estefanía (Routledge/Francis & Taylor, 2023)
      [Abstract]: In this paper, we analyse the existence of clusters in self-employment rates, segregating by place of birth, i.e. native vs foreign-born, in a group of 17 European countries. The analysis suggests that natives ...
    • Investment dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe: A nonlinear approach 

      Mourelle, Estefanía; Cuestas, Juan Carlos (Routledge/Francis & Taylor, 2023)
      [Abstract]: The aim of this paper is to understand the dynamics of investment in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs). The role that investment plays in the economic development is of particular interest in ...
    • Real exchange rate misalignments in CEECs: Have they hindered growth? 

      Cuestas, Juan Carlos; Mourelle, Estefanía; Regis, Paulo José (Springer, 2020)
      [Abstract]: We study the impact of exchange rate misalignment on economic activity in nine Central and Eastern European (CEE) economies. Exchange rate misalignments are computed from country-specific long-run exchange rate ...
    • Self-employment by gender in the EU: convergence and clusters 

      Faria, João Ricardo; Cuestas, Juan Carlos; Gil-Alana, Luis; Mourelle, Estefanía (Springer, 2021)
      [Abstract]: This paper studies the convergence of self-employment by gender in the European Union, through tests for the order of integration and cluster analysis, in order to investigate the occurrence of two types of ...