Essays On Microeconomics And Industrial Organisation (demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden)

Essays o n Microeconomics and Industrial Organisation aims to serve as a source and work of reference and consultation for the field of Microeconomics in general and of Industrial Organisation in particular. The book consists of four parts: Demand, Production and Costs (Supply), Market and Industrial Structure, and Failures of Market and Industrial Regulation. It combines theoretical concepts and a variety of empirical cases. 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 Modeling seasonal integrated time series : the Spanish industrial production index / J.L. Gallego-Gómez Passenger's choice of air transport under road competition : the use of cointegration techniques / J. Baños-Pino, P. Coto-Millán, V. Inglada-López de Sabando Introduction of an innovative product : the high speed train (AVE) / V. Inglada-López de Sabando, P. Coto-Millán Technical and allocative inefficiency in Spanish public hospitals / C. García-Prieto Technical efficiency of road haulage firms / J. Baños-Pino ... [et al.] Technological innovation and employment : intersectoral appraisals of structural change in the service economy / D. Díaz-Fuentes The measurement of intra-industry trade and specialisation : a review / G. Carrera-Gómez The determinants of intra-industry trade in Spanish manufacturing sectors : a cross-section analysis / G. Carrera-Gómez Economic integration, vertical and horizontal intra-industry trade and structural adjustment : the Spanish experience / G. Carrera-Gómez Structure, functioning and regulation of the Spanish electricity sector : the legal framework and the new proposals for reform / F.J. Ramos-Real, E. Martínez-Budría, S. Jara-Díaz Effects of a reduction of standard working hours on labour market performance / C. Pérez-Domínguez Dynamic adjustments in a two-sector model / F. Galera, P. Coto-Millán This work combines theoretical concepts and empirical cases to cover the field of microeconomics in general and of industrial organization in particular. It consists of four parts: demand, production and costs, market and industrial structure, and failures of market and industrial regulation. Pablo Coto-millán (editor). Includes Bibliographical References.