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Este trabajo se enmarca en el paradigma pedagógico de un proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje centrado en el alumnado. Su objetivo era aumentar la motivación y participación de los estudiantes, de forma que la experiencia de la asignatura del primer cuatrimestre, sirviera de atractivo para evitar que en el segundo, se abandonara el estudio de la materia desmotivado por los resultados obtenidos en el primero y por el absentismo debido al denominado “efecto calendario” del cuatrimestre de primavera. Para ello se ha puesto en práctica una combinación de dos metodologías docentes, el ABP y Educlick, para realizar una evaluación continua. Los datos han sido recogidos mediante encuestas realizadas a la población objetivo. La metodología se basa en un modelo probit bivariante, con el que se ha intentado medir los efectos de la evaluación continua sobre el rendimiento académico. Los resultados obtenidos no encuentran evidencia alguna del carácter predictivo de las pruebas de Educlick.

Esta comunicación busca analizar la importancia de los establecimientos de restauración en los aeropuertos españoles y estudia los factores que determinan el comportamiento del pasajero como consumidor en el entorno aeroportuario. Con una muestra de más de 37.000 pasajeros encuestados en 8 aeropuertos españoles y la estimación de un modelo Probit se concluye que son las necesidades fisiológicas y los motivos sociales los factores que determinan que el pasajero acuda a un establecimiento de catering en el aeropuerto. Además, mientras el estatus socioeconómico influye moderadamente, la amplitud o variedad de la oferta gastronómica no favorece un mayor consumo entre los pasajeros. Por último, destacar que, a diferencia de otros estudios, el pasajero de líneas de bajo coste tiene un nivel de consumo menor que el de líneas tradicionales, propiciado, probablemente, por el estrés asociado al embarque en este tipo de aerolíneas., This research seeks to provide the most detailed analysis yet of passenger behaviour towards the airport catering industry. With a sample of 37,000 passengers surveyed at 8 different airports with 38 explanatory variables, a large number of conclusions have been drawn. The most important of these is that the factors that most influence a passenger’s using a catering establishment during his/her stay at an airport are his/her physiological needs and social reasons. However, socioeconomic status only has a moderate influence, while having a wide range and variety of foodstuffs on offer does not result in passengers consuming more. Finally, it is also observed that low-cost airline passengers consume less than those of traditional airlines, probably due to the stress related to boarding with these types of airlines.

Nowadays, speeding is one of the most relevant problems for traffic safety and most resistant to change in motorized countries. The key instruments in Speed Management Policy are speed limits. This road safety strategy is often established or changed, in order to save fuel during periods of rising prices. However, the relationship between speed limits and traffic accidents, is a topic widely discussed by researchers, and there seems to be some consensus about 'speed kills.' By applying advanced time series models of unobserved components, our study investigates the impact of a temporary reduction of maximum speed limits, implemented in Spain in 2011, in terms of fuel consumption and fatalities. Our analysis shows that this measure caused a positive effect, although with a limited statistical significance, on fuel consumption and a discrete reduction in road mortality. The costs associated with this temporary change seem to explain the discrepancies between these estimates and the forecasts that initially held the Spanish government.

El Libro Blanco Europeo publicado en 2001 (titulado “La hora de la verdad”), y su desarrollo en el Tercer Programa de Acción Europeo de Seguridad Vial (ERSAP) (2003-2010), representan claramente un punto de inflexión en la historia de la Política Europea Común de Seguridad Vial. Por primera vez, se incluían objetivos cuantitativos y medibles en términos de siniestralidad vial. Tras un análisis de los principales aspectos de esta política de la UE, se ha aplicado la metodología de Datos de Panel, para identificar los determinantes de la evolución de la seguridad vial en los 27 Estados Miembros de la UE, durante el periodo 2000-2009. Se ha evidenciado que la tendencia decreciente en las tasas de mortalidad vial en la UE pueden explicarse a través de una serie de variables: riesgo de exposición, mejoras en la tecnología de los vehículos y en las infraestructuras viarias, la propia coyuntura económica, el ratio de población vulnerable y las intervenciones públicas en seguridad vial (concretamente, el establecimiento de límites máximos de alcoholemia y de límites de velocidad máximos, así como la aplicación de los permisos de conducir por puntos). Sin embargo, nuestro principal resultado es el efecto negativo y la significatividad estadística de la variable Europeización (el número de años que un país pertenece a la UE). El carácter acumulativo de esta variable, nos permite concluir que el proceso surgido de contagio o imitación positiva entre Estados Miembros, se extiende en realidad a los tres ERSAPs ejecutados hasta el momento.

This study uses data for the EU-27 countries in the period 1999-2009 to estimate determinants of road traffic fatality rates. Controlling for country attributes and road safety policy variables, we examine the influence of variables related with the national health systems; the number of hospital beds per kilometer and the percentage of health expenditures over gross domestic product. We find evidence that the density of hospital beds contributes substantially to the fall in traffic-related fatalities. Furthermore, the quality of general medical facilities and technology associated with increases in health expenditure may be also a relevant factor in reducing road traffic fatalities.

This article seeks to analyse the factors that determine the dynamics of the balance between supply and demand in the Spanish fresh fish market. For this, the time-series of fresh fish landed in the 1973–2009 period is analysed through an estimation of the series of transfer function models. Among other things, the findings in the Spanish case show a complex relationship between the amount of fish landed and price; a clear substitution relationship between fresh fish and aquaculture; a negative impact of labour costs in a manual labour-intensive sector such as fishing, which in developed countries is being affected by an exodus of manpower to other sectors where there is less uncertainty surrounding labour conditions; the impact of Spain being barred from international fishing grounds a result of the delimitation of exclusive economic zones (EEZs); and the dwindling importance of fisheries traffic as a result of the port devolution process begun in Spain in the early 1990s. The non-significance of a priori key factors, such as the price of oil and Spain's entry into the EEC, can be explained by widespread energy subsidies and contradictions in the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy, respectively.

The 2001 White Paper and its development in the 3rd European Road Safety Action Program, represent a turning point in the history of the European Road Safety Policy. The possible determinants of the road mortality in the EU over (2000-2009) are examined using a panel data. Our main finding is the negative effect and statistical significance of the Europeanization variable (the number of years that a country has been in the EU). By this variable, we test the effectiveness of EU programs to save lives in road accidents according to the years that each country has been in the EU.

Responsabilizar a los individuos de su propio consumo doméstico de agua es una de las medidas utilizadas para reducir la creciente demanda de este recurso y conseguir un consumo sostenible compatible con el objetivo de equidad. La utilización de contadores individuales, en lugar de colectivos, o la tarificación por habitante y no por vivienda son dos medidas encaminadas a conseguir dichos objetivos. En esta ponencia, se evalúan estas medidas aplicadas en el aérea metropolitana de Sevilla en las dos últimas décadas mediante un modelo de componentes no observables

Los límites de velocidad son el instrumento fundamental en la Política de Gestión de la Velocidad, importante causa de muertes en la carretera en todo el mundo. Mediante la aplicación de Modelos de series temporales de Componentes no Observables, el presente estudio investiga los efectos de la reducción coyuntural de los límites de velocidad máximos, implementada en España durante la primavera de 2011 (dentro del Plan Nacional de Ahorro y Eficiencia Energética). Nuestro análisis demuestra que dicha medida causó un limitado efecto positivo, próximo al 1,5%, aunque de escasa significatividad estadística, sobre la principal variable en la que se pretendía incidir, el consumo de gasolina. Además provocó una reducción del 8%, en la siniestralidad en carreteras (que se reduce al 6,5% si se tiene en cuenta la siniestralidad total tanto en carretera como en vías urbanas). Estos resultados, en primer lugar, discrepan con las previsiones mucho más optimistas tanto del Gobierno Español como de otros organismos internacionales, como la IRTAD.

Making individuals take charge of their own domestic water consumption is one of the measures used to reduce the growing demand for this resource and to achieve sustainable consumption compatible with the goal of equity. The use of individual meters instead of communal meters and fixing tariffs by inhabitant rather than by household are two measures aimed at achieving these objectives. This article assesses the measures put in place in the Seville metropolitan area during the last 20 years with an unobserved component model set up in a statespace framework estimated using maximum likelihood. Water consumption elasticity to individual meters has changed from –0.307 to –1.317 with the introduction of per inhabitant tariffs, which demonstrates that there are watersaving synergies when the two measures are implemented together. The reductions in water consumption achieved with these measures are also longer lasting than the changes in consumption habits during the frequent droughts in Seville.

Policies to promote bicycle usage in the city of Seville, Spain, are analysed, focusing on the development of a public hire-cycle system, and utilising a survey sample of 1530 citizens in the main parts of the historical old town and generalised ordered logit models. Despite the system being wellreceived and there being a growing number of users and a major modal shift towards the bicycle, it has had to contend with protests and reticence from some sectors of the population. Political and ideological variables are significant, and citizens’ philosophy of a ‘global city’. A policy of this type demands a proper citizen consultation process and a suitable communication campaign to illustrate its advantages in terms of environmental protection and social justice, otherwise the risk is run of hostility turning to vandalism and endangering the scheme’s economic viability

The need for airports to optimise space and the need for airlines to bring down their operating costs favours the use of self-service technologies in services provided to passengers and at check-in, specifically. Checking in online and at kiosks in the airport is gaining ground on the use of the airline checkin desk. The objective of this paper is to analyse the socio-demographic factors or flight characteristics that influence a passenger’s choice of check-in from the various options available. For this a multinomial logit is used and applied to an extensive sample of almost 20,000 passengers, of whom 43% were foreigners, at five Spanish airports. The factors that determine the choice of check-in mode include the passenger’s age and level of education, the reason for making the journey, waiting time and the type of airline. The universal use of the new technologies in airport management, and the broad cosmopolitan sample mean that the conclusions can be easily extrapolated to other airport systems

This article seeks to explain the dynamism of Spanish ports in capturing traffic in shared and disputed hinterlands using pool balanced dynamic models. The ability to capture this traffic is closely linked to each port’s particular characteristics, including location, size and the presence of a logistics park. There is no correlation between capturing traffic and either the port having good intermodal port-rail connections or the dynamics of port traffic that does not originate in the hinterland. These empirical results are contrasted with the opinions of port managers. Both analyses are employed to discuss a number of recommendations on port management.

This research note seeks to provide the most detailed analysis yet of passenger behaviour towards the airport catering industry. With the broadest sample to date among similar studies, namely 37,000 passengers surveyed at 8 different airports with 38 explanatory variables, a large number of conclusions have been drawn. The most important of these is that the factors that most influence a passenger’s using a catering establishment during his/her stay at an airport are his/her physiological needs and social reasons. However, contrary to what was anticipated a priori, socioeconomic status only has a moderate influence, while having a wide range and variety of foodstuffs on offer does not result in passengers consuming more. It is also observed that low-cost airline passengers consume less than those of traditional airlines, probably due to the stress related to boarding with these types of Airlines

Este artículo ofrece una revisión de la literatura nacional e internacional que aborda las principales ventajas, sobre todo divulgativas, junto a los inconvenientes de los estudios de impacto económico aplicados al sector portuario. Con este punto de partida, se define un ámbito óptimo de aplicación de los mismos, alejado de excesos pasados, ya que no se pueden utilizar como principal herramienta para la planificación portuaria. Además, se analizan las principales aplicaciones prácticas que de los mismos se han realizado en el sistema portuario español, las cuales se presentan tras homogeneizar sus resultados en el tiempo y el espacio., This article provides a review of the national and international literature that deals with the main advantages —especially for information purposes— and the disadvantages of economic impact studies applied to the port sector. This is the starting-point from which the optimal area of application of EISs is defined, far removed from past excesses, as they cannot be used as the main tool for port planning. The main practical applications that have been made of EISs in the Spanish port system are also analysed and their results are presented homogenised in time and space.

This paper analyses the effects that the largest aviation accident in Spain in the last 25 years affected decisions by potential passengers. There evidence is of a long-lasting “Rainman effect”, with passengers penalising the airline involved with a 20% long-term reduction in traffic. There were also substitution effects towards other means of transport at Madrid-Barajas, where the accident happened, although these were limited in time. There have been no significant effects on other companies or on the total traffic at the aeroplane’s destination airport, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands), where there are no comparable substitutes for air transport.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the punishment strategies used by the Spanish administration were considerably hardened to achieve a reduction in road accidents. This hardening could also be seen in the mass-media public advertising campaigns, with a marked shift from gentle messages to threat-based advertisements. The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this radical change in terms of main road accident indicators and the time that the effects last using multivariate unobserved component models set up in a state space framework applied to monthly series for the 1980–2008 period. The main conclusion is that the effect on reducing road accidents is no greater when citizens are subjected to a greater level of threats in advertising campaigns than would on average be achieved using campaigns with a low level of threats. Secondly, the impact of bloody advertising in Spain is limited to the most serious accidents, those that cause deaths, either on highways or in built-up areas. Moreover, the positive effects progressively decrease as the average lifespan for significant effects of medium and high level campaigns on deaths on highways or in built-up areas was 8 months and almost 12 days. The results show that a reduction in numbers of deaths and injuries is always achieved when the level of harshness in the messages is increased after a period of several years of mild advertising

One of the most popular coactive measures developed to prevent road traffic accidents in recent decades is the implementation of driving licenses based on points systems (PS) which penalize repeat offenders with suspension or withdrawal of their licenses. This paper analyzes their rapid spread worldwide through an in-depth review of the existing literature. A comprehensive meta-analysis of the effects of PS on road traffic accidents and the duration of these effects has been conducted. The findings show that the strong initial positive impact (15 to 20% reductions in accidents, fatalities and injuries) seems to wear off in under eighteen months. This limited effectiveness is related to the absence of complementary enforcement to back up these measures. Without them, points systems could turn into a boomerang road safety policy, and even be abandoned at a later date. The implications of the conclusions for legislation and future research are considered.

Of the many public initiatives used to promote the use of bicycles in the urban environment, the one that has achieved the most spectacular results in a short period of time is the public bicycle hire system. The experience of Seville is one of the most successful internationally, where 6.6 % of mechanised trips were being made by bicycle within 30 months. This paper analyses this experience in the university community, which represents one-third of system users. We conclude that the people who are most satisfied with the system are those who use it for leisure and recreation activities, non-residents of the city, more environmentally aware people and those who have no alternative mode of transportation. Their satisfaction is also closely linked to their appreciation of the bicycles’ level of comfort, the ease with which users can hire bicycles and return them and the small amount of paperwork involved required to sign up for the system. However, user appreciation has fallen over time because the system’s rapid success has caused it to become overloaded. This experience therefore provides one main lesson: the system’s success can result in eventual difficulties.

The aim of this article is to analyze the interaction between port devolution processes in Portugal and Spain in their common geographical environment, the Iberian Peninsula. Firstly a review is done of the different port devolution processes in the world which specifically analyses the transition of numerous public and centralized ports to the landlord model. Among the conclusions that we can highlight with respect to the Iberian port systems are the need for a reflection process before any change is made to the port governance model, and greater cooperation between the two countries to avoid any possible future port tariff price wars. The over-investment process that the Spanish port devolution process, especially, has generated must also be mentioned, for highlighting once again the almost inexhaustible ability of ports to eat up public funds for investment that precludes profitability

Airport systems organized spatially as hub-and-spoke systems where traditional airlines (Full-Service Network Carriers – FSNCs) dominate have been impacted by the continuing expansion of Low-Cost Carriers (LCCs) in mainly point-to-point connection systems. Using a methodology based on linear transfer function models, the objective of this paper is to reflect on the future of hubs and on whether their role as large geographical air transport nodes is in doubt. Although Spanish hubs have continued to strengthen their position of dominance, the consequences of this enforced coexistence has manifested itself in a substitution effect, with LCCs replacing FSNCs at the hubs for international, primarily intra-European, flights. The market for national flights, however, has not experienced any significant changes as this new development of LCCs in this market is fundamentally based on new demand from both new passengers and the greater travel frequency of current passengers. There is also room for complementarity between the two models, as national connections with LCC hubs feed long-distance destinations exploited solely by the FSNCs.

This paper quantifies the Ryanair Effect on the Spanish airline network. It proposes new methodology based on an advanced time series approach that allows both the direct and indirect effects of the incorporation of a new airline to be measured and that can be easily extrapolated to other airport systems. The findings show the mean indirect effect on other airlines, in absolute value, is 8.6 per cent of the total airport traffic, peaking at a maximum of almost 29 per cent. Also, surprisingly, there is found to be a negative indirect effect at only four of the ten airports analysed.

Durante los cursos 2009-2010 y 2010-2011, los dos únicos cursos finalizados por el momento en del Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas en la Universidad de Sevilla, se ha utilizado la técnica del método del caso para la explicación de una parte del programa de la asignatura de Microeconomía, con el fin de mejorar el rendimiento académico e interés por la asignatura. En concreto, la parte del programa dedicada al estudio del mercado de trabajo en vez de ser explicada siguiendo la metodología tradicional de la clase magistral se utilizó la metodología del caso, poniendo a disposición de los alumnos un caso diseñado ex profeso por el equipo docente de Microeconomía del departamento de Análisis Económico y Economía Política. El objetivo perseguido con este trabajo es analizar la incidencia del uso de esta nueva metodología docente en el rendimiento académico del alumno, comparando la calificación de la parte del examen correspondiente a esta materia, antes y después del uso del método del caso y comparando también la nota obtenida por los mismos alumnos en la parte del examen correspondiente al mercado de trabajo con la obtenida en el resto de la materia objeto de evaluación., During the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 courses, the only two courses completed by the time in Business Administration and Management degree at the University of Seville, we have used the technique of the case method for explaining some part of Microeconomics course, in order to improve academic performance and interest in the subject. Specifically, the part of the program devoted to the study of the labor market rather than following the traditional methodology the case method was used, by providing students with a case designed expressly for the microeconomics teaching team of Economic Analysis and Political Economy Department. The aims of this paper is to analyze the impact of using this new teaching methodology in the student's academic performance, comparing the score of the exam for this subject, before and after using the case method, and also comparing the score obtained by these students in the examination for the labor market with that in the rest of the material under evaluation.

Este trabajo analiza mediante una aproximación avanzada de series temporales con el añadido de funciones de transferencia lineal de efectos las repercusiones que sobre las decisiones tomadas por los pasajeros tuvo el mayor accidente de aviación acontecido en los últimos 25 años en España. En primer lugar se aporta evidencia clara de que sí existe un ―Efecto Rainman‖ duradero, al penalizar los pasajeros a la aerolínea implicada, con una reducción a largo plazo del 20 por ciento en sus tráficos que ha marcado desde entonces el devenir de la aerolínea. También se dieron efectos sustitución claros, aunque limitados en el tiempo, hacia otros medios de transporte en el hinterland del aeropuerto de origen y lugar del siniestro Madrid-Barajas. En cambio no hay efectos significativos ni sobre otras compañías, ni sobre el tráfico total del aeropuerto de destino, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, cuyo hinterland carece de sustitutos cercanos al transporte aéreo.

A principios del siglo XXI, hemos asistido a un endurecimiento considerable de las estrategias de prevención y sanción aplicadas por la Administración española en materia de seguridad vial, con objeto de lograr una reducción en los accidentes de tráfico. Este endurecimiento puede apreciarse de manera particular, en las campañas públicas de publicidad vial dirigidas a los diferentes medios de comunicación, a través de un cambio profundo en el diseño de los mensajes emitidos, pasando de un contenido suave a otro basado en imágenes impactantes cargadas de crudeza visual. Nuestro objetivo es evaluar la eficacia de este cambio radical en términos de los principales indicadores de accidentes de tráfico y el tiempo que duran esos efectos, mediante un modelo de componentes no observables multivariante establecido en un marco de espacio de los estados. La principal conclusión es que, cuyo los ciudadanos están sometidos a un mayor nivel de amenazas y dramatismo en las campañas de publicidad, el impacto logrado en términos de la reducción de los accidentes de tráfico, no es mayor de lo que en promedio se consigue mediante campañas más suaves, con un nivel más bajo de amenazas y crudeza visual. En segundo lugar, el verdadero impacto de la publicidad basada en imágenes sangrientas en España, se limita a los accidentes más graves, es decir, los que causan muertes, ya sea en carreteras o en las zonas urbanas, aunque estos efectos positivos disminuyen progresivamente. En definitiva, los resultados muestran que, para lograr una reducción significativa en el número de muertos y heridos por accidentes de tráfico, es necesario incrementar también significativamente el nivel de dureza en los mensajes emitidos, después de un cierto periodo con publicidad más leve.

En muchas ciudades, la bicicleta ha experimentado un importante desarrollo como medio de transporte urbano. De las muchas iniciativas públicas adoptadas para promover su uso en el entorno urbano, la que está logrando unos resultados más espectaculares en un corto espacio de tiempo es el sistema de alquiler de bicicletas públicas. La experiencia del programa de bicicletas públicas de alquiler implantado en la ciudad de Sevilla está siendo una de las más exitosas a nivel internacional, ya que ha conseguido que, en tan sólo dos años y medio desde su inauguración, el 6,6% de los desplazamientos mecanizados de la ciudad se realicen en bicicleta. Este trabajo analiza esta experiencia en el ámbito de la comunidad universitaria, que supone un tercio de los usuarios de dicho sistema. La conclusión es que existe una mayor satisfacción con este sistema público de alquiler entre los usuarios que utilizan las bicicletas para las actividades de ocio y tiempo libre, los no residentes en la ciudad, la gente con una mayor preocupación por la conservación del medio ambiente y los que no tienen modos de transporte alternativo. Esta satisfacción también resulta estrechamente relacionada con la valoración positiva que los usuarios dan de varios elementos del sistema como es el confort de las bicicletas, la facilidad de coger y soltar las bicicletas en las estaciones de anclaje o la tramitación burocrática de los abonos. No obstante, la alta satisfacción mostrada por el usuario va decayendo a lo largo del tiempo debido a la congestión causada en el sistema por su rápido éxito. Esta experiencia proporciona, por lo tanto, una enseñanza principal y es que en el propio éxito del sistema se encuentra la semilla que puede condicionar su fracaso futuro.

El objetivo de esta ponencia es cu antificar el efecto de Ryanair en el sistema aeroportuario español. La principal contribución de la misma es ofrecer una nu eva propuesta metodológica, basada en un modelo de componentes no observables con función de transferencia, fácilmente extrapolable a otros sistemas aeroportuarios y/o aerolíneas. A diferencia de estudios previos, en nuestro modelo se diferencia el aumento en los tráficos generado por la propia co mpañía, de los efectos sustitución (negativo) y de llamada o sinergia (positivo) que sobre los tráficos de las restantes aerolíneas haya podido tener la llegada de la nueva aerolínea. Los resultados obtenidos evidencian una clara sobrevaloración de los efectos sustitución que provocaría Ryanair sobre las demás aerolíneas, y que han sido señalados generalmente por las asociaciones de agencias de viajes, mientras que se aporta una sólida evidencia de los efectos llamada o sinergia, es decir, que el modelo de Ryanair es generalmente compatible con la operativa de las restantes aerolíneas

The goal of this article is to evaluate the impact of the drastic Spanish Penal Code reform on the number of road deaths in Spain and the time that the effects might last. This is achieved by means of multivariate unobserved component models set up in a state space framework estimated using maximum likelihood. In short, with this reform Spain might be considered to be closing the final gap that kept it apart from other developed countries as far as the road accident rate is concerned. We have found two different types of effects on Spanish road traffic fatalities. Initially, a month before the reform was passed there was a 24.7 percent fall in Spanish road deaths. After the Bill had been passed and for the following thirteen months, the reduction stayed at a constant sixteen percent. This reform has reduced Spanish road fatalities by 534 in all between November 2007 and December 2008 and the effects will foreseeably continue during 2009

This paper analyzes the vision that the urban tourism fabric in the hinterland of five Spanish regional airports has of the low cost carrier (LCC) phenomenon and the impact that LCCs have on the various niche tourism markets. Data are used from a survey of almost 500 tourist establishment managers. One of the conclusions that should be highlighted is that most of the tourism sector considers LCCs to be perfect substitutes for network carriers and even improvements on these in many cases. The exceptions are travel agencies, especially with regard to the role LCCs play in promoting conference tourism. The factors that determine how the role of LCCs is rated are also examined using generalized ordered logit estimations.

This paper explores the establishment of a flat rate for the taxicab service that serves routes between the city and the airport in Seville. First, the advantages and disadvantages of a flat rate are explained and why it may be an advisable measure for tourist cities with a conflictive taxicab industry. In addition, by using a methodology based on the estimation of average treatment effects, an evaluation is made of the impact of the taxi flat rate on the probability of passengers choosing a taxi for their city–airport transport needs. The main conclusion is that the increased market transparency fostered by this urban transport policy has led to an increase of almost 7 per cent in both the probability of selection and the average revenues of taxi-drivers

Coincidiendo con la implantación del nuevo Grado de Administración y Dirección de Empresas englobado en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, hemos llevado a cabo un proyecto de innovación docente durante el curso 2009/2010, en un grupo de la asignatura “Microeconomía”, correspondiente al Grado de Administración de Empresas impartido en la Universidad de Sevilla, cuyo desarrollo y resultados mostramos en este trabajo. El proyecto combina la introducción de la metodología del aprendizaje basado en problemas (ABP), con la herramienta de los mandos de respuesta interactiva, con la intención de lograr el objetivo de aumentar la motivación, la asistencia a clase y la participación del alumnado; así como, mejorar su rendimiento, propiciando la adquisición de competencias generales y transversales, y la capacidad de exposición oral y escrita y la de trabajar en grupos. Para poder evaluar los resultados obtenidos atendemos a tres variables del aprendizaje: asistencia a clase, rendimiento académico y valoración de la nueva metodología empleada. Todos los indicadores considerados en estos tres aspectos, reflejan una mejora estadísticamente significativa. Además, se ha generado también un interés creciente entre el profesorado de la asignatura por las nuevas herramientas docentes implantadas., With the introduction of new Bachelor of Business Administration, in the context of the European Higher Education Area, we have carried out a teaching innovation project during the academic year 2009/2010, with a group of students from the course "Microeconomics" for the Degree of Business Administration at the University of Seville, the development and results are shown in this work. The project combines the introduction of the methodology of problem-based learning (PBL), with the tool interactive response controls, with the aim of increasing motivation, attendance and student participation, so they can improve their performance, encouraging the acquisition of general and cross-competencies and oral and written presentation skills, and the ability to work in groups. The results are measured on the basis of three learning parameters: attendance, academic performance and assessment of the new methodology. All the indicators considered in these three areas show statistically significant improvements. Furthermore, a growing interest in new teaching tools has also been generated among teachers of the course.

El objetivo de esta ponencia es evaluar los efectos de la reforma del Código Penal español de diciembre de 2007 sobre el número de muertes en carreteras españolas y la posible duración de los mismos. La metodología empleada es un modelo multivariable de componentes no observables en una state space framework estimado por maximización del logaritmo de verosimilitud. En resumen, se han encontrado dos clases diferentes de efectos sobre los accidentes de carretera. Inicialmente, un mes antes de la aprobación de la reforma, se produce una reducción de un 28.4 por ciento sobre los muertos en carretera. Tras la aprobación de la ley y durante los 13 meses siguientes, se ha mantenido constante una reducción del 16 por ciento. En total con esta reforma se han reducido las muertes en carretera en unas 534 víctimas entre noviembre de 2007 y diciembre de 2008 y previsiblemente los efectos continuaron durante 2009.

The fisheries sector is currently contending with the hectic development of its own political economy framework being convulsed by the dynamics of decentralisation. This process is enshrouded in an environment of economic globalisation, taking place against the backdrop of the governance approach. Taking this situation as our starting point, our main goal is to quantify the effects that the Spanish port devolution process might have on the Spanish fisheries sector using a transfer function model; we take, as dependent variables, both the volumes of landings at State ports of general interest and their cashvalue.