Miriam Hortas-Rico
Biographic Data
| ID | 4387401 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Miriam Hortas-Rico |
| GIVEN NAMES | Miriam |
| FAMILY NAME | Hortas-Rico |
| SIGNATURE | HORTAS-RICO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8112-3325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Does Women’s Political Empowerment Matter for Income Inequality?
This study investigates the relationship between women’s political empowerment and income inequality in a global sample of 142 countries from 1990 to 2019. Employing a combination of machine learning techniques with an instrumental variable panel data approach, the analysis reveals a significant negative association between women’s political empowerment and income inequality. The robustness of this finding is confirmed through sensitivity analyse…
How does women's political empowerment relate to subjective well-being? The moderating role of institutional quality
What shapes the flypaper effect? The role of the political environment in the budget process
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Local Government Studies 48.5 (2022): 793-820. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
Expansionary zoning and the strategic behaviour of local governments
This paper analyses the extent to which local land supply is the result of strategic interaction among nearby local governments. In a setting of limited tax instruments to raise revenues and interjurisdictional competition for mobile residents, municipal authorities are provided with the economic incentives to convert land from rural to urban uses, hence promoting urban growth. Using data on a large sample of Spanish municipalities for the period…
Is there an optimal size for local governments? A spatial panel data model approach
The paper presents a framework for determining the optimal size of local jurisdictions and whether it varies depending on the geographical heterogeneity of the territory. To that aim, it first develops a theoretical model of cost efficiency that takes into account spatial interactions and spillover effects among neighbouring jurisdictions. The model solution leads to a spatial Durbin panel data specification of local spending as a non-linear func…
The drivers of local income inequality: A spatial Bayesian model-averaging approach
This study analyzes the drivers of local income inequality in Spain. It derives a novel data set of inequality metrics for a sample of municipalities over the period 2000–06. Spatial Bayesian model selection and model-averaging techniques are used in order to examine the empirical relevance of (1) spatial functional forms, (2) spatial weight matrices and (3) a large set of factors that could affect inequality. The findings suggest that local ineq…
Urban sprawl and municipal budgets in Spain: A dynamic panel data analysis
Does Urban Sprawl Increase the Costs of Providing Local Public Services? Evidence from Spanish Municipalities
This paper examines the impact of urban sprawl, a phenomenon of particular interest in Spain, which is currently experiencing this process of rapid, low-density urban expansion. Many adverse consequences are attributed to urban sprawl (such as traffic congestion, air pollution and social segregation), although this paper is concerned primarily with the rising costs of providing local public services. The initial aim is to develop an accurate meas…
Does Urban Sprawl Increase the Costs of Providing Local Public Services? Evidence from Spanish Municipalities
This paper examines the impact of urban sprawl, a phenomenon of particular interest in Spain, which is currently experiencing this process of rapid, low-density urban expansion. Many adverse consequences are attributed to urban sprawl (such as traffic congestion, air pollution and social segregation), although this paper is concerned primarily with the rising costs of providing local public services. The initial aim is to develop an accurate meas…
Urban sprawl and municipal budgets in Spain: A dynamic panel data analysis
Is there an optimal size for local governments? A spatial panel data model approach
The paper presents a framework for determining the optimal size of local jurisdictions and whether it varies depending on the geographical heterogeneity of the territory. To that aim, it first develops a theoretical model of cost efficiency that takes into account spatial interactions and spillover effects among neighbouring jurisdictions. The model solution leads to a spatial Durbin panel data specification of local spending as a non-linear func…
The drivers of local income inequality: A spatial Bayesian model-averaging approach
This study analyzes the drivers of local income inequality in Spain. It derives a novel data set of inequality metrics for a sample of municipalities over the period 2000–06. Spatial Bayesian model selection and model-averaging techniques are used in order to examine the empirical relevance of (1) spatial functional forms, (2) spatial weight matrices and (3) a large set of factors that could affect inequality. The findings suggest that local ineq…
Expansionary zoning and the strategic behaviour of local governments
This paper analyses the extent to which local land supply is the result of strategic interaction among nearby local governments. In a setting of limited tax instruments to raise revenues and interjurisdictional competition for mobile residents, municipal authorities are provided with the economic incentives to convert land from rural to urban uses, hence promoting urban growth. Using data on a large sample of Spanish municipalities for the period…
How does women's political empowerment relate to subjective well-being? The moderating role of institutional quality
What shapes the flypaper effect? The role of the political environment in the budget process
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Local Government Studies 48.5 (2022): 793-820. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
Does Urban Sprawl Increase the Costs of Providing Local Public Services? Evidence from Spanish Municipalities
This paper examines the impact of urban sprawl, a phenomenon of particular interest in Spain, which is currently experiencing this process of rapid, low-density urban expansion. Many adverse consequences are attributed to urban sprawl (such as traffic congestion, air pollution and social segregation), although this paper is concerned primarily with the rising costs of providing local public services. The initial aim is to develop an accurate meas…
Urban sprawl and municipal budgets in Spain: A dynamic panel data analysis
Expansionary zoning and the strategic behaviour of local governments
This paper analyses the extent to which local land supply is the result of strategic interaction among nearby local governments. In a setting of limited tax instruments to raise revenues and interjurisdictional competition for mobile residents, municipal authorities are provided with the economic incentives to convert land from rural to urban uses, hence promoting urban growth. Using data on a large sample of Spanish municipalities for the period…
Is there an optimal size for local governments? A spatial panel data model approach
The paper presents a framework for determining the optimal size of local jurisdictions and whether it varies depending on the geographical heterogeneity of the territory. To that aim, it first develops a theoretical model of cost efficiency that takes into account spatial interactions and spillover effects among neighbouring jurisdictions. The model solution leads to a spatial Durbin panel data specification of local spending as a non-linear func…
The drivers of local income inequality: A spatial Bayesian model-averaging approach
This study analyzes the drivers of local income inequality in Spain. It derives a novel data set of inequality metrics for a sample of municipalities over the period 2000–06. Spatial Bayesian model selection and model-averaging techniques are used in order to examine the empirical relevance of (1) spatial functional forms, (2) spatial weight matrices and (3) a large set of factors that could affect inequality. The findings suggest that local ineq…
What shapes the flypaper effect? The role of the political environment in the budget process
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Local Government Studies 48.5 (2022): 793-820. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited
How does women's political empowerment relate to subjective well-being? The moderating role of institutional quality
Does Women’s Political Empowerment Matter for Income Inequality?
This study investigates the relationship between women’s political empowerment and income inequality in a global sample of 142 countries from 1990 to 2019. Employing a combination of machine learning techniques with an instrumental variable panel data approach, the analysis reveals a significant negative association between women’s political empowerment and income inequality. The robustness of this finding is confirmed through sensitivity analyse…
Economics (7 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Local Government Finance and Decentralization (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Housing Market and Economics (3 works) · Panel data (3 works)