2011
27 November 2011
Pubblicato il 27 November 2011
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Abstract An always larger and more consolidated body of empirical evidence documents that individuals donate money and time and their sense and satisfaction of life is […]
27 October 2011
Pubblicato il 27 October 2011
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Abstract The vote with the wallet is a new, emerging feature of economic participation and democracy in the globally-integrated market economy. This expression identifies the pivotal […]
27 September 2011
Pubblicato il 27 September 2011
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Abstract We experimentally study the effect of financial education on investment attitudes in a large sample of high school students in Italy. Students in the treated […]
27 August 2011
Pubblicato il 27 August 2011
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Abstract We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a questionnaire […]
26 August 2011
Pubblicato il 26 August 2011
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Abstract This paper presents the first empirical investigation into the effect of e-shopping on subjective well-being. The analysis relies on a nationally and regionally representative dataset […]
27 May 2011
Pubblicato il 27 May 2011
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Abstract We run a modified dictator game experiment to investigate the determinants of donation choices to philanthropic organizations. We find experimentally that the adoption of a […]
27 March 2011
Pubblicato il 27 March 2011
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Abstract This paper presents empirical evidence that “tax morale” – taxpayers’ intrinsic motivation to pay taxes – constitutes a new determinant of happiness, even after controlling […]
26 March 2011
Pubblicato il 26 March 2011
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Abstract The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of social connections is positively correlated with individual […]
25 March 2011
Pubblicato il 25 March 2011
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Abstract Empirical studies have documented a decline in indicators of social participation in the last decades. The responsibility of social disengagement has been often attributed to […]
27 January 2011
Pubblicato il 27 January 2011
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In this paper, we provide a very simple model to shed light on the issue of managed competition in mixed quasi-markets (i.e. regulated markets in which […]