PEDRO GONZÁLEZ LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE G.C.   DEPARTAMENTO DE ANÁLISIS ECONÓMICO APLICADO FACULTAD DE CC. ECONÓMICAS. UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE G.C.. CAMPUS DE TAFIRA LAS PALMAS DE G.C., ISLAS CANARIAS 35017 SPAIN   pedro@empresariales.ulpgc.es     Biographical Sketch: I´m a lecturer in Economics at the University of Las Palmas. I got my PhD in Economics in April 1998. I have been lecturing Public Economics, Spanish Economy and Introductory Economics at Las Palmas University since 1992.   Primary Research Focus: Public Economics, Economics of Defence and Automobile Industry   JEL Areas: H0 : Public Economics: General N4 : Economic History: Government, War, Law, and Regulation: General, International, or Comparative