Carlos Gil Canaleta's research while affiliated with Universidad Pública de Navarra and other places

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¿Son permanentes o temporales los desequilibrios de renta entre regiones? El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la evolución de la desigualdad regional en renta por habitante en la Unión Europea en el período 1977-1999. A diferencia de la literatura tradicional sobre convergencia, el método de trabajo empleado se basa en el cálculo de un conjunto...
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The study of the influence of decentralisation on economic growth has received some attention in recent years, but very few studies deal with its impact on regional inequalities. This paper analyses the impact of both fiscal and political decentralisation on regional inequalities using alternative measures for a sample of 17 OECD countries. In orde...
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This paper examines the relationship between convergence in GDP per worker and the evolution of total factor productivity (TFP). Specifically, data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to estimate TFP in the Spanish regions between 1964–91. As original contributions, public capital is included as a productive input, and different price indices are ap...
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This paper analyses the impact of both fiscal and political decentralisationon regional productivity inequalities. The study of the influence of decentralisat ion on economic growth has received some attention in recent years, but very few studies deal with its impact on regional inequalities. We analyse the relationship between,different measures...
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This paper tries to give a better understanding of the convergence process among the regions of the EU. It focuses on the role of structural change and infrastructures in this process. First we analyse the convergence of production, labour and productivity among the European Union (EU) regions for the period 1980-96. We then study the impact of str...
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En este trabajo se analiza la evolución de la productividad total de los factores (PTF) y su influencia en el proceso de convergencia regional en el periodo 1964-1991. El punto de partida es el cálculo de índices de PTF, incluyendo como factor productivo el capital público. Utilizando deflactores sectoriales, aislamos el impacto que el cambio de lo...
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This paper examines the impact of infrastructure on productivity in the various regions of Spain. Using the duality approach and panel data, we estimate the regional cost functions for the three main sectors of the economy for the period 1964-1991. We also estimate a production, and two separate variables are used to establish whether the different...
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The purpose of this paper is to propose the multivariate analysis as a useful methodo- logy for the construction of synthetic indexes of infrastructure. We will apply this methodology to the Spanish regions. The data includes physical infrastructure of roads, railways, telecom- munications, health and education. The techniques are Principal Compone...

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... In addition to the above, Gil et al. (2004) study 15 OECD countries. The analysis probes the impact of fiscal and political decentralization on regional productivity inequalities. ...
... However, after 2012, infrastructure investment did not function in forming effective social demand and, in turn, discouraged the entry of other investments besides those from the government to create a positive boost to economic development. The right strategy can effectively and equitably redistribute natural resources [21,22]. ...
... The existing research on decentralisation reform usually has focused on the macroeconomic implications of the transfers of political and fiscal to a lower level of government (Canaleta et al., 2004;Ezcurra & Pascual, 2008). Other researchers are concerned about the impact of reducing regional disparities (Rodriguez-Pose & Ezcurra, 2010;Kyriacou et al., 2013); and how the reform promotes economic growth (Gemmell et al., 2013). ...
... Para la aplicación de este procedimiento es necesario que las variables originales sean cuantitativas, se estandaricen para eliminar los problemas de medida, y que exista cierto grado de correlación entre las mismas. Existen diferentes metodologías en función del número de componentes seleccionadas para formar parte del indicador y en función del criterio de selección (García-Lautre et al., 1998;Nardo et al., 2005). ...
... características sociales y comunicaciones), esboza un mapa plagado de desigualdades socioeconómicas (Mairal, 2008;Bouzarovski & Tirado, 2015;Maynou et al., 2015;Carlsen & Bruggemann, 2021;Vinci, 2021), dando lugar a espacios de alta accesibilidad y otros más aislados. La notable disparidad entre territorios europeos queda de manifiesto en indicadores como el Producto Interior Bruto (PIB), que muestra valores superiores en los países pertenecientes a la Unión Europea (en lo sucesivo, UE) que en los que no lo son -aunque estos últimos ocupen un territorio más extenso- (Ezcurra et al., 2004;Ferreira & Dionísio, 2016). Dentro de los países pertenecientes a la UE también existen desigualdades regionales. ...
... Yet another approach that has been used in empirical applications is to start with assuming a cost function in which public capital (infrastructure) is an argument (e.g. Berndt & Hansson, 1991;Canaleta, Arzoz, & G arate, 1998;Everaert & Heylen, 2004). Improved infrastructure would then decrease the cost of production and cause increased production (as well as substitution away from other factors of production 7 ). ...
... We would direct the interested reader to consult the studies including those byGramlich (1994), Draper andHerce (1994),De la Fuente (1996),Gil (2001),De la Fuente (2002) andÁlvarez et al. (2003), which make a detailed summary of this important issue. ...
... According to Lucas (1988) and Romer (1986) public policies can accelerate regional growth and thus their impact on regional economic growth need to be tested. Empirical studies testing such policies have been conducted by Canaleta et al. (2003) and Maudos et al. (2000b) using data envelopment analysis (here after DEA) across the Spanish regions. They analyse the relationship between efficiency and production structure for Spanish regions and they assessed the efficiency using the regional convergence hypotheses. ...