Javier Barbero
Biographic Data
| ID | 4382072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Javier Barbero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Javier |
| FAMILY NAME | Barbero |
| SIGNATURE | BARBERO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2155-3996 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Utility effectiveness, composite indicators and ‘benefit of the doubt’ models: How important are preferences when evaluating the performance of innovation systems?
This study introduces a methodology that embeds ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ evaluations of performance of innovation systems, based on objective measures of technical effectiveness—that compare the values of a set of indicators across countries—into the literature of composite indicators, which rank countries relying on utility functions and whose aggregating structure and weights are subjectively chosen by the decision makers. Considering the general…
The twin transition in the European Union: Assessing regional patterns of EU-funded investments
The twin green and digital transition is at the heart of the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery and represents a key element of the new growth strategy. The present paper aims to offer a novel perspective on the twin transition by illustrating the geographical concentration of ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) projects associated with green, digital and twin funded-investments, with the last category encompassing projects that integr…
Estimating National and Foreign Trade Elasticities Using Generalized Transport Costs
We introduce the definition of two distinct trade elasticities corresponding to imports from regions located in the same country (national elasticities) and foreign regions located in other countries (foreign elasticities). We resort to a three‐tier nested CES utility structure to derive the corresponding demand gravity equations. In absence of tariffs within single markets, we identify and recover the elasticities through a precise measure of ge…
National and foreign trade elasticities: A spatial econometrics approach
Comunidad de Madrid 10.13039/100012818
The influence of bottlenecks on innovation systems performance: Put the slowest climber first
This paper contributes to the literature with a methodology that helps identify the functions that constrain the overall performance of an innovation system, hence providing clear guidelines to policymakers on the direction of their interventions. This methodology relies on the notion of penalty for bottleneck, which is defined as the weakest link or the binding constraint that holds back system performance. These penalty bottlenecks are applied …
The ripple effects of large‐scale transport infrastructure investment
We analyze the general equilibrium effects of an asymmetric decrease in transport costs, combining a large‐scale spatial dynamic general equilibrium model for 267 European NUTS‐2 regions with a detailed transport model at the level of individual road segments. As a case study, we consider the impact of the road infrastructure investments in Central and Eastern Europe of the European Cohesion Policy. Our analysis suggests that the decrease in tran…
Improving Government Quality in the Regions of the EU and its System‐Wide Benefits for Cohesion Policy
We quantify the general equilibrium effects on economic growth of improving the quality of institutions at the regional level in the context of the implementation of the European Cohesion Policy for the European Union and the UK. The direct impact of changes in the quality of government is integrated in a general equilibrium model to analyse the system‐wide economic effects resulting from additional endogenous mechanisms and feedback effects. The…
The impact of the recovery fund on EU regions: A spatial general equilibrium analysis
We use a spatial general equilibrium model to assess the macroeconomic and distributional impact of the European Commission’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). We employ two alternative regional distributions of investments: one based on the regional share of population only, and the other based on Cohesion Policy criteria. Our results suggest that the disbursement of RRF grants would lead to an increase in the European Union’s gross domest…
ICTs quality and quantity and the margins of trade
Given the importance of the fixed costs of exporting, we investigate how information and communication technologies (ICTs) relate to the extensive and intensive margin of trade (the fraction of products that are exported and the market share, respectively). We use a novel dataset on the quantity and quality of ICTs, namely the number of subscriptions (per capita) and the average quality of subscriptions (bandwidth). To test this relationship, we …
Economic modelling to evaluate Smart Specialisation: An analysis of research and innovation targets in Southern Europe
We make the case for a technology-enabled approach to Smart Specialisation policymaking aimed at increasing its effectiveness by assessing the general equilibrium effects of the European Cohesion Policy objectives contained in the regional Operational Programmes prepared by the regional policymakers. We simulate the impact of achieving the research and development personnel targets on gross domestic product and its components in a set of Southern…
Quality of government and regional trade: Evidence from European Union regions
Using a novel database of regional trade flows between 267 European regions for 2013, this paper examines how government quality affects trade between European Union (EU) regions. The results of a structural gravity cross-sectional analysis of trade show that trade across EU regions is highly influenced by differences in regional government quality. This influence varies by both sector of economic activity and the level of economic development of…
Territorial patterns of R&D+I grants supporting Smart Specialisation projects funded from the Esif in Poland
This paper identifies territorial patterns of location of R&D+I grants supporting projects within the Polish Smart Specialisation framework. Using a data set of R&D+I grants from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs), the paper analyses the geographical concentration of projects, the link between local characteristics and the implementation of projects, and attempts at cooperation among organizations implementing projects. The resu…
Building bridges between different levels of education: Methodological proposals for CLIL at university
Author/s Jesús Ángel GonzálezJavier BarberoUniversidad de Cantabria, Spain ABSTRACT This article describes a research project carried out at the University of Cantabria, Spain. Having identified a lack of communication between different levels of the education system, the co-authors have carried out qualitative research (“long interviews” with Primary and Secondary CLIL teachers) in order to identify the best methodological guidelines to be follo…
Does Institutional Quality Matter for Trade? Institutional Conditions in a Sectoral Trade Framework
Quality of government and regional trade: Evidence from European Union regions
Using a novel database of regional trade flows between 267 European regions for 2013, this paper examines how government quality affects trade between European Union (EU) regions. The results of a structural gravity cross-sectional analysis of trade show that trade across EU regions is highly influenced by differences in regional government quality. This influence varies by both sector of economic activity and the level of economic development of…
Territorial patterns of R&D+I grants supporting Smart Specialisation projects funded from the Esif in Poland
This paper identifies territorial patterns of location of R&D+I grants supporting projects within the Polish Smart Specialisation framework. Using a data set of R&D+I grants from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs), the paper analyses the geographical concentration of projects, the link between local characteristics and the implementation of projects, and attempts at cooperation among organizations implementing projects. The resu…
Improving Government Quality in the Regions of the EU and its System‐Wide Benefits for Cohesion Policy
We quantify the general equilibrium effects on economic growth of improving the quality of institutions at the regional level in the context of the implementation of the European Cohesion Policy for the European Union and the UK. The direct impact of changes in the quality of government is integrated in a general equilibrium model to analyse the system‐wide economic effects resulting from additional endogenous mechanisms and feedback effects. The…
Does Institutional Quality Matter for Trade? Institutional Conditions in a Sectoral Trade Framework
The impact of the recovery fund on EU regions: A spatial general equilibrium analysis
We use a spatial general equilibrium model to assess the macroeconomic and distributional impact of the European Commission’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). We employ two alternative regional distributions of investments: one based on the regional share of population only, and the other based on Cohesion Policy criteria. Our results suggest that the disbursement of RRF grants would lead to an increase in the European Union’s gross domest…
Does Institutional Quality Matter for Trade? Institutional Conditions in a Sectoral Trade Framework
Building bridges between different levels of education: Methodological proposals for CLIL at university
Author/s Jesús Ángel GonzálezJavier BarberoUniversidad de Cantabria, Spain ABSTRACT This article describes a research project carried out at the University of Cantabria, Spain. Having identified a lack of communication between different levels of the education system, the co-authors have carried out qualitative research (“long interviews” with Primary and Secondary CLIL teachers) in order to identify the best methodological guidelines to be follo…
Territorial patterns of R&D+I grants supporting Smart Specialisation projects funded from the Esif in Poland
This paper identifies territorial patterns of location of R&D+I grants supporting projects within the Polish Smart Specialisation framework. Using a data set of R&D+I grants from the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs), the paper analyses the geographical concentration of projects, the link between local characteristics and the implementation of projects, and attempts at cooperation among organizations implementing projects. The resu…
ICTs quality and quantity and the margins of trade
Given the importance of the fixed costs of exporting, we investigate how information and communication technologies (ICTs) relate to the extensive and intensive margin of trade (the fraction of products that are exported and the market share, respectively). We use a novel dataset on the quantity and quality of ICTs, namely the number of subscriptions (per capita) and the average quality of subscriptions (bandwidth). To test this relationship, we …
Economic modelling to evaluate Smart Specialisation: An analysis of research and innovation targets in Southern Europe
We make the case for a technology-enabled approach to Smart Specialisation policymaking aimed at increasing its effectiveness by assessing the general equilibrium effects of the European Cohesion Policy objectives contained in the regional Operational Programmes prepared by the regional policymakers. We simulate the impact of achieving the research and development personnel targets on gross domestic product and its components in a set of Southern…
Quality of government and regional trade: Evidence from European Union regions
Using a novel database of regional trade flows between 267 European regions for 2013, this paper examines how government quality affects trade between European Union (EU) regions. The results of a structural gravity cross-sectional analysis of trade show that trade across EU regions is highly influenced by differences in regional government quality. This influence varies by both sector of economic activity and the level of economic development of…
The impact of the recovery fund on EU regions: A spatial general equilibrium analysis
We use a spatial general equilibrium model to assess the macroeconomic and distributional impact of the European Commission’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). We employ two alternative regional distributions of investments: one based on the regional share of population only, and the other based on Cohesion Policy criteria. Our results suggest that the disbursement of RRF grants would lead to an increase in the European Union’s gross domest…
The influence of bottlenecks on innovation systems performance: Put the slowest climber first
This paper contributes to the literature with a methodology that helps identify the functions that constrain the overall performance of an innovation system, hence providing clear guidelines to policymakers on the direction of their interventions. This methodology relies on the notion of penalty for bottleneck, which is defined as the weakest link or the binding constraint that holds back system performance. These penalty bottlenecks are applied …
The ripple effects of large‐scale transport infrastructure investment
We analyze the general equilibrium effects of an asymmetric decrease in transport costs, combining a large‐scale spatial dynamic general equilibrium model for 267 European NUTS‐2 regions with a detailed transport model at the level of individual road segments. As a case study, we consider the impact of the road infrastructure investments in Central and Eastern Europe of the European Cohesion Policy. Our analysis suggests that the decrease in tran…
Improving Government Quality in the Regions of the EU and its System‐Wide Benefits for Cohesion Policy
We quantify the general equilibrium effects on economic growth of improving the quality of institutions at the regional level in the context of the implementation of the European Cohesion Policy for the European Union and the UK. The direct impact of changes in the quality of government is integrated in a general equilibrium model to analyse the system‐wide economic effects resulting from additional endogenous mechanisms and feedback effects. The…
The twin transition in the European Union: Assessing regional patterns of EU-funded investments
The twin green and digital transition is at the heart of the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery and represents a key element of the new growth strategy. The present paper aims to offer a novel perspective on the twin transition by illustrating the geographical concentration of ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) projects associated with green, digital and twin funded-investments, with the last category encompassing projects that integr…
Estimating National and Foreign Trade Elasticities Using Generalized Transport Costs
We introduce the definition of two distinct trade elasticities corresponding to imports from regions located in the same country (national elasticities) and foreign regions located in other countries (foreign elasticities). We resort to a three‐tier nested CES utility structure to derive the corresponding demand gravity equations. In absence of tariffs within single markets, we identify and recover the elasticities through a precise measure of ge…
National and foreign trade elasticities: A spatial econometrics approach
Comunidad de Madrid 10.13039/100012818
Utility effectiveness, composite indicators and ‘benefit of the doubt’ models: How important are preferences when evaluating the performance of innovation systems?
This study introduces a methodology that embeds ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ evaluations of performance of innovation systems, based on objective measures of technical effectiveness—that compare the values of a set of indicators across countries—into the literature of composite indicators, which rank countries relying on utility functions and whose aggregating structure and weights are subjectively chosen by the decision makers. Considering the general…
Economics (11 works) · International trade (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Regional Development and Policy (7 works) · Economic geography (6 works) · International economics (6 works) · European union (5 works) · Global trade and economics (5 works) · Econometrics (4 works)