Applied Economic Analysis: Volume 28 Issue 82 , Open Access

Management, productivity and firm heterogeneity in international trade

Javier Serrano, Rafael Myro

This paper aims to analyse the relevance of management and productivity in the behaviour of firms in international trade.

Economic stress in non-poor Spanish households during the Great Recession

Carmen Ródenas, Mónica Martí, Ángel León

This paper aims to focus on non-poor households that during the Great Recession experienced economic stress (ES). That is, whose economic comfort was reduced taking into account…

Does a “soft” board gender quotas policy work?

José Ignacio Conde-Ruiz, Manu García, Manuel Yáñez

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the functioning of a non-sanction “soft” gender quota policy structure (a simple recommendation), using the case of Spain. In the first…

Prediction of financial distress in the Spanish banking system: An application using artificial neural networks

Jessica Paule-Vianez, Milagros Gutiérrez-Fernández, José Luis Coca-Pérez

The purpose of this study is to construct the first short-term financial distress prediction model for the Spanish banking sector.