We investigate whether the members of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank take into account the specific economic conditions of their states of origin, to set the interest rates for the euro area. Testing ...

[Abstract]The purpose of this paper is to obtain evidence about the scope of the determinants of the willingness to pay (WTP) of the residents in a Spanish city (A Coruña) for keeping a professional football team (Deportivo) ...

[Abstract] The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand, we attempt to find out whether Spanish households took part in a process of substituting loans for wages during the period before the beginning of the current ...

[Resumen:] El objetivo del presente trabajo es avanzar en la delimitación de la noción de capital social y en el análisis de la aparente identidad entre éste y la existencia de redes asociativas. Como punto de partida, ...

[Abstract:] The objective of this article is to analyse the determinants of preferences for redistribution in Spain both at an aggregate and regional level. Using country level data, we put to the test the Alesina and ...

[Abstract:] The aim of this article is to assess, from an empirical point of view, the relative explanatory capacities of two hypotheses that address the link between economics and religion: the religious markets and the ...

[Abstract:] This paper explores the causal link between associationism and general trust. First we study the principal components that constitute social capital. Then we contrast a structural model identifying the relations ...

[Resumen:] En el presente trabajo se aborda la dimensión objetiva del hecho religioso con la metodología propia del análisis económico, poniendo en cuestión las derivaciones de la tradicional hipótesis de la secularización, ...

[Abstract:] This present work analyzes the effects derived from sympathy and identification links between fans and clubs in sports demand, at the same time considering psychosociological factors which affect the willingness ...

[Resumen:] El presente trabajo se sitúa en el ámbito de la socioeconomía para abordar uno de los determnantes del desarrollo económico, analizando en concreto la evolución reciente de la dotación de capital social en ...