Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Harmonization, interoperability and an open architecture for all the stakeholders of a pan-European electrical system: the vision of the project OneNet

This work offers an overview of the essential findings of the project OneNet, which aims to enable a pan-European electrical system where the heterogeneous landscape of stakeholders, markets and platforms across Europe can openly participate at all levels. The paper outlines the...

The Maximum Number of Halving Lines for Finite Planar Sets—New Lower Bounds

In this paper, we deal with a challenging problem in Discrete Geometry. The problem is to maximize the number of halving lines for finite sets in the plane. With respect to this, we improve the lower bounds for the maximum number of halving lines for sets in the plane of n points...

Economic impacts of subsea cable deployment

This paper provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of the economic impact of submarine cable (SMC) infrastructure, which is critical for global digital connectivity and carries almost all intercontinental data traffic. Despite their fundamental role in the digital economy, ro...

Tell me about yourself and I might recommend you: a motivation-based explanation of crowdlending investors’ customer citizenship behavior☆

Competition among entrepreneurial funding platforms has made it more important than ever to attract and retain investors to ensure the sustainability of entrepreneurial ecosystems. In this context, investor recommendations are a key mechanism to generate trust in crowdlending pla...

Mental health of female prisoners in Spain: vulnerabilities and challenges in prison environments

The aim of the study is to identify factors associated with the intake of psychotropic medication in prison among a sample of Spanish female prisoners. Information was collected from 1544 female prisoners in 39 prisons using a self-completed questionnaire in the presence of the r...

Environmental Impact Shaping a Firm's Zero Leverage Decision: Analysing Debt Demand and Supply Determinants

ABSTRACT Zero‐leverage firms remain a puzzle in corporate finance. We propose a supply‐side mechanism linking environmental impact to debt access. Because creditors favour firms with high negative externalities and strong cash flows, environmentally friendly firms with high initi...

Long memory in consumer sentiment and consumer dollar purchasing power in the United States from 1978 to 2025

Abstract Among the available macroeconomic series, consumer expectations and price levels are two of the most closely tracked and studied series. Despite their high frequency, there is a wide range of descriptions of their time-series properties in the applied literature. This st...

Meaning in life and purpose in life as distinct constructs in the retirement transition: a scoping review

Retirement involves substantial changes in daily structure, social roles, and personal identity with consequences for psychological well-being. Two constructs are particularly relevant: Meaning in Life, the perceived coherence and significance of one’s existence, and Purpose in L...

Evaluating the socio-economic impacts of the energy system transition: the implications of wage-setting mechanisms

Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions requires large-scale investment in clean energy infrastructure, with potentially far-reaching system-wide consequences for employment and wages. Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) and Input-Output (IO) models are widely used to assess...

Missed prevention: global gaps in seat belt policy, monitoring, and road traffic mortality

Objective Seat belts are among the most effective interventions for reducing vehicle occupant fatalities, yet their global life-saving potential depends on their availability and use. This study documents and quantifies global gaps in seat belt governance and estimates the burden...

Mission‐Led and Place‐Based Policy Outcomes in European Regions

Abstract European industrial policy relies on two major programmes operating under different logics: the place‐based Cohesion Policy, which directs investment towards less developed regions to reduce territorial disparities, and the mission‐led Horizon 2020, which allocates fundi...

Child occupant protection in buses and coaches: A parametric study of restraint systems in frontal crashes

Objective The newly approved UN Regulation No. 170 addresses the proper protection of children in buses and coaches. This study aims to evaluate the head kinematics and spinal loads of 3- and 6-year-old child human body models with and without a child restraint system (CRS) in bu...