Roberto Balado-Naves

• Professor (Assistant) at University of Oviedo

In the current context of the pressures placed on available water resources, sustainable patterns of water consumption emerge as an important matter of concern. We assess the efficiency levels of households by considering a stochastic frontier analysis of the demand for water services using a representative sample from a city in northern Spain. Mor...

In this study, we investigate whether differences in sociodemographic and housing characteristics may lead to heterogenous reactions on water demand across households in the event of an unexpected shock. In this sense, we estimate a switching regression model for residential water usage in Gijón, Spain, between 2017 and 2021, exploiting the exogeno...

This paper offers a theoretical and empirical characterization of destination choice under risk perceptions with loss averse individuals. We develop a novel theoretical model that extends the traditional microeconomic theory of destination choice by incorporating reference-dependent preferences, particularly loss aversion. Within a random utility f...

This paper analyzes environmental efficiency in the tourism sector, considering the joint production of desirable (overnight stays) and undesirable (tourism waste) outputs while addressing spatial dependence among destinations. Employing the enhanced hyperbolic distance function methodology, we integrate stochastic frontier analyses and spatial eco...

Since July 2021, Airbnb discloses whether listings in Paris hold a mandatory registration number to legally operate. Grounded on information asymmetries and moral hazard theories, this paper studies consumers' preferences for certifications of legality and minimum quality standards. We exploit the staggered disclosure of licences over time to evalu...

By considering spatial relationships, this study aims to analyse to what extent per capita CO 2 emissions are determined by renewable energy consumption, the share of the services sector in GDP, energy intensity and real per capita income. A panel data set composed of 173 countries over the 1990-2014 period is used to estimate an environmental Kuzn...