scholarly journals Why are Some Spanish Regions So Much More Efficient Than others?

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1129-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaume Puig-Junoy ◽  
Jaime Pinilla
Keyword(s):  
Spanish Regions

Estimation of the virtual water trade between two Spanish regions: Castilla-la Mancha and Murcia

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 831-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángel De Miguel ◽  
Eloy García ◽  
Irene De Buestamante
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Virtual Water ◽  
Water Transfer ◽  
Water Efficiency ◽  
International Context ◽  
Water Flows ◽  
Spanish Regions ◽  
La Mancha ◽  
Virtual Water Flow

Virtual water is defined as the water needed to produce a product. We can use virtual water flow calculations to estimate the water efficiency of a country, as well as its economic dependence on water resources. Former studies on this area have focused on quantifying the virtual water flows between countries, in an international context. In this study we reduce the action framework to regions within a country, determining the virtual water balance between two Spanish regions: Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia. In 2004, Castilla-La Mancha exported to Murcia 2,453,442 tons of commercial products, from which 1,191,628 tons were agricultural goods. In terms of virtual water, it means 1,365 hm3, including food-processing, and industrial products. It is necessary to add 350 hm3 to the result, because of the water transfer (Tajo-Segura transfer) between the rivers basins of these regions, so the final virtual water number, in 2004, was 1,715 hm3. The other way round, Murcia exported in 2004 2,069,000 tons of products, from which 490,351 tons were agricultural goods. That supposes 712 hm3 of virtual water. Virtual water flow is unbalanced and displaced towards Murcia with a difference of 1,003 hm3.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Regional Efficiency of European Funds in Spain from the Perspective of Renewable Energy Production: The Regional Dimension

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4553
Author(s):  
Paul Mugambi ◽  
Miguel Blanco ◽  
Daniel Ogachi ◽  
Marcos Ferasso ◽  
Lydia Bares
Keyword(s):  
Smart Growth ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Investment Bank ◽  
Structural Funds ◽  
Spanish Regions ◽  
European Investment

During the 2010–2020 period, the European Union (EU) launched a growth strategy based on three fundamental pillars: smart growth, sustainable growth, and inclusive growth. Aiming to finance the projects related to these growth pillars, the EU used mainly the Rural Development Funds, the Structural Funds, those derived from the R&D Framework Program, the Trans-European Networks, and the European Investment Bank. This research aimed to determine whether the Spanish regions maintain homogeneous efficiency levels by using these resources to improve the levels of environmental quality related to renewable energies. A methodology that is frequently used by researchers in efficiency analyses was chosen, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The main findings revealed that the efficiency in the use of renewable energies is very uneven among the Spanish regions and these differences are maintained throughout the period analyzed. These results highlighted the need of changes regarding the proposed criteria for allocating European resources to finance the projects presented by each Spanish region.

European and natural landscapes as carriers of place identity: a correlational study in Italian and Spanish regions

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 757-767
Author(s):  
Ferdinando Fornara ◽  
Renato Troffa ◽  
Sergi Valera ◽  
Tomeu Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Place Identity ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Spanish Regions ◽  
Natural Landscapes

scholarly journals Au revoir Paris! Spanish regions closer to the EU average and further away from the leaders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Gómez‐Tello ◽  
María‐José Murgui‐García ◽  
María‐Teresa Sanchis‐Llopis
Keyword(s):  
Spanish Regions ◽  
The Eu

NEW TRENDS IN SECTORAL EMPLOYMENT IN SPANISH REGIONS

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-404
Author(s):  
Pilar López-Delgado ◽  
José M. Otero ◽  
Antonio Fernández-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Spanish Regions

Convergence of Spanish Regions, 1990-2003. A New Approach Using Stochastic Dominance Techniques

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmelo García ◽  
Ismael Ahamdanech ◽  
Mercedes Prieto
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Dominance ◽  
Capita Income ◽  
Economic Convergence ◽  
Per Capita Income ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Spanish Regions ◽  
Income Data ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
New Statistics ◽  
Empirical Methodology

The traditional analysis of economic convergence between countries or regions is usually performed by comparing distribution means, such as per-capita income. This kind of analysis, which is intimately related to the economic welfare of a society, presents, however, only a partial approach to measuring economic convergence, given that the disparities within regions or countries are not considered. The empirical methodology used in this article complements the traditional convergence approach, introducing efficiency and inequality aspects of income distribution. Using first and second stochastic dominance, the convergence among Spanish regions from 1990 to 2003 is studied by means of two new statistics developed here. Per-capita income data taken from the Encuesta de Presupuestos Familiares (EPF [the Spanish Household Budget Survey]) of 1990-1991 and the Spanish Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) of 2003 are employed to make the comparisons. We find that a divergence process is taking place in Spain between rich and poor regions

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