Economics and Business Letters

2012 - 2025

Current editor(s): Francisco J. Delgado

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Revisiting Convergence pp. 140-142: Julie Le Gallo and Francisco Delgado
Structural funds and regional growth: conditions for improving efficiency pp. 143-149: Carlos Pinho, Celeste Varum and Micaela Antunes
Some new insights into real convergence in MENA countriesâ€™ regional areas: a spatial econometric analysis pp. 150-160: Nicolas PÃ©ridy, Mohamed Hazem and Marc Brunetto
Does the neoclassical growth model predict interregional convergence? On the impact of free factor movement and the implications for the European Union pp. 161-168: Sascha Sardadvar
Technological catch-up or neoclassical convergence? Identifying the channels of convergence for Italian regions pp. 169-181: Vincenzo Scoppa
Regional development of employed persons receiving Unemployment Benefit II in Germany. An analysis of convergence across federal states pp. 182-189: Stefan Schneck and André Pahnke
Profit and cost efficiency in the Italian banking industry (2006-2011) pp. 190-205: Francesco Aiello and Graziella Bonanno
Testing yardstick competition through a vote-function: evidence from the Walloon municipalities pp. 206-214: Laurent Van Malderen and Marcel Gerard

Introduction pp. 84-85: Jesus Ferreiro
The key role of the productive structure in the countercyclical productivity in Spain pp. 86-93: Andres Maroto-Sanchez and Juan Cuadrado-Roura
Risk premium as an economic policy objective: The Spanish case pp. 94-104: Indalecio Perez, Pablo Castellanos and José Sánchez-Santos
Estimating functional efficiency in energy futures markets pp. 105-115: Javier Garcia-Verdugo and Meliyara Sirex Consuegra
A comparative analysis of business R&D policy in Spain and Portugal pp. 116-127: Adão Carvalho and Beatriz Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa
The effect of optimism bias on time preference pp. 128-133: Tal Shavit
Relative profit maximization and Bertrand equilibrium with quadratic cost functions pp. 134-139: Atsuhiro Satoh and Yasuhito Tanaka

Clear skies, dark waters: The Gulf oil spill and the price of coastal condominiums in Alabama pp. 42-53: Christy Siegel, Steven B Caudill and Franklin Mixon
Spatiotemporal inflation dynamics in response to a monetary policy shock pp. 54-65: Orlando Gomes
Do names matter? The influence of names on perception about professionals in Spain pp. 66-74: Jose A. Martinez
Irrelevance of the choice of strategic variables in duopoly under relative profit maximization pp. 75-83: Yasuhito Tanaka

Editorial Note pp. 1-4: Francisco Delgado and Eduardo Gonzalez
Effects of ad-valorem taxes on location decision under free entry Cournot oligopoly pp. 5-12: Yeung-Nan Shieh
Implications of different income diversification indexes: the case of rural China pp. 13-20: Jianmei Zhao and Peter Barry
Electricity consumption and economic growth: evidence from Pakistan pp. 21-32: Zahid Ashraf, Attiya Javid and Muhammad Javid
The effect of international trade on markups distribution pp. 33-41: Diego Rodriguez and Lourdes Moreno

Estimating the economic impact of personnel selection tools on counterproductive work behaviors pp. 1-9: Saul Fine
Modeling employees' deviant behavior and employers' reactions: an interdisciplinary approach using principal-agent and prospect theories pp. 10-20: Aharon Tziner and Erich C. Fein
Employerâ€™s information and promotion-seeking activities pp. 21-32: Gil Epstein
How the unintended consequences of organizational interventions complicate the assessment of economic utility pp. 33-42: Kevin Murphy
HRM system strength â€“ HRM harnessed for innovation, appropriability and firm performance pp. 43-53: Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen and Jorge Gomes

REIT modified duration and convexity pp. 1-7: Pierpaolo Pattitoni, Barbara Petracci and Massimo Spisni
Why housing price in Hong Kong? An explanation in game theory approach pp. 8-15: Ho Yin Yue
Visual artist price heterogeneity pp. 16-22: Massimiliano Castellani, Pierpaolo Pattitoni and Antonello Scorcu
Isolated cases or widespread practice? The occurence of sharing managers in Swedish working life pp. 23-36: Marianne DÃ¶Ã¶s, Tomas BackstrÃ¶m, Marika Melin and Lena Wilhelmson
Vertical intra-industry trade and product quality: the case of South Korea, 1996â€“2003 pp. 37-47: Minsung Kang and Jeong-Dong Lee

Brand impact on purchase intention. An approach in social networks channel pp. 1-9: Ines KÃ¼ster and Asuncion HernÃ¡ndez
Exporters' characteristics and the margins of trade pp. 10-15: Asier Minondo and Francisco Requena Silvente
How to license a public licensor's technology to an asymmetric duopoly pp. 16-26: Takeshi Ebina and Shin Kishimoto
Multilateral trade liberalization and public goods provision in a North-South trade model with nonhomothetic preferences pp. 27-36: Joachim Stibora and Albert de Vaal
Politics, diversity and the distribution of federal disaster assistance pp. 37-42: Richard M. Vogel

Editorial Note pp. 1-2: Francisco Delgado and Eduardo Gonzalez
The incidence of environmental regulation in a developing economy with sector-specific unemployment: a note pp. 3-11: Leonard Wang, Ya-Chin Wang and Lihong Zhao
Benefit function and individual preferences. A generalization of the zero-maximum principle pp. 12-20: Juan Aparicio and Jesus Pastor
Factors determining production (FDP) in basketball pp. 21-29: Jose A. Martinez
Mutual funds withdraw shield: performance or agency costs driver? pp. 30-34: Carlos Alves and Helena Mouta
Does the South African stock market value an independent dual board leadership structure? pp. 35-45: Collins Ntim
Monetary valuation of cardiovascular disease in Canada pp. 46-52: Ehsan Latif
Addressing biodiversity loss when international markets of agricultural commodities are oligopolistic pp. 53-57: Daniel Esteban May