Enrique Giménez López

Ripple effect on housing prices. Evidence from tourist markets in Alicante, Spain

ABSTRACTThis paper analyses the house price diffusion effect in an economic-mixed region where the costal amenities strongly attracts second home and temporal residents while the main region’s city is an administrative centre in alicante province, Spain. The region is called Vega Baja country with 2 well known foreign-Europeans destination areas are located (Orihuela costa and Torrevieja). Using geo-referenced data, the paper explores the ripple effect on house prices between the coastal and inland areas, versus Orihuela capital. To control by heterogeneity and spatial autocorrelation, the model estimates housing prices controlled by quality including 33 house characteristics and spatial autocorrelation applying an SAR-hedonic based model which is estimated yearly for the period 2007–2012. Once controlled by quality, the estimated prices are used to seek 3 evidences of ripple effect: with spatial contiguity (spatial diffusion in the short distance), without special contiguity (long distance) and constant ...

El destino de los colegios de la Compañía en Ciudad de México tras la expulsión de los jesuitas

The Society of Jesus had in Mexico City the colleges of San Andres, San Gregorio, Maximo de San Pedro and San Pablo, Professed House and Novitiate in Tepotzotlan, near the capital. His fate after the expulsion of the Jesuits, was discussed among members of the Junta Superior of Mexico, held in late 1770, and subsequently ratified by the Extraordinary Council in Madrid. Archbishop of Mexico, prosecutors and city commissioner temporalities decided on very relevant educational institutions in the urban fabric of the Mexican capital, its their auxiliary churches, and movable and libraries.

La Academia Médico-práctica de Barcelona y los problemas de salubridad de una gran urbe (1770-1819)

Este trabajo ha sido elaborado en el marco del proyecto de investigacion Riesgo y desastre natural en la Espana del siglo XVIII. Episodios meteorologicos extremos y sus efectos a traves de la documentacion oficial, la religiosidad popular y la reflexion cientifica (HAR2009-11928), que cuenta con financiacion del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion del Gobierno de Espana y Fondos FEDER.

Antecedentes colonizadores en la España del siglo XVIII. Proyectos y realidades en las tierras de la antigua Corona de Aragón

The interest of the Borbonic reforming policy about the interior colonization granted —in the ancient Aragons Crown lands— many enterprises which, on the second half of the 18th Century, counted with the model of repopulation of Sierra Morena and, from 1772, with die replacement of die Fuero Alfonsino of 1329, a privilege that allowed to get die baronal jurisdiction. That is the way, togheter with repopulation thoughts, it was easy to find, in these proyects, speculative motivations or a way to get into die privileged class.

El proyecto de poblar la isla de Cabrera a fines del siglo XVIII

Este trabajo se ha realizado en el marco del proyecto de investigacion PB90-0565 financiado por la Direccion General de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnica del Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia en el Dpto. Historia Moderna y Medieval de la Universidad de Alicante