Social Economy

2 March 2026

The socioeconomic roots of conspiracy beliefs

Leonardo Becchetti, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”* Chiara Lubicz, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Abstract Using the last wave of the European Social Survey we investigate […]
2 March 2026

200 – BESt Work Life: a multidimensional approach to organisational climate measurement

Leonardo Becchetti, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Economics and Finance Marta Magnani, University of Milan, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods Lorenzo Semplici, CeSVa of NeXt […]
25 November 2021

189 – The effect of mandatory non-financial reporting on CSR (and environmentally sustainable) investment

Leonardo Becchetti, University of Rome Tor Vergata Sara Mancini, University of Rome Tor Vergata Nazaria Solferino, University of Calabria   Abstract We investigate the effects of […]
8 July 2021

187 – Measuring investments progress in ecological transition

Measuring investments progress in ecological transition: the Green Investment Financial Tool (GIFT) approach Leonardo Becchetti, University of Rome Tor Vergata Mauro Cordella, TECNALIA, Basque Research and […]
24 March 2021

Social Economy (SE) 4Ces

Social Economy (SE) 4Ces builds on 4 for Ces: Connected societies, knowledge Co-creation, Community development, Collaborative educational practices and aims to mobilise those under the Social […]
1 December 2020

183 – Responsible Consumption and Ethical Brands for Sustainable and Fair Development: The Case of Libera Terra

Abstract The paper aims at analysing responsible consumption and ethical production phenomena, particularly focusing on the pioneer role of social enterprises in the change process of […]
2 October 2020

182 – Commonism and Capabilities

The paper is focused on how to approach commons management and preservation issues without using of market institutions. For doing this, we adopt a Marxian viewpoint […]
18 June 2020

181 – Tackling entrepreneurship in recovered enterprises

Abstract Recovered enterprises, as labour- or worker-managed firms, are investor-owned business which have been taken over by their former employees. Although not completely unknown, only recently […]
31 March 2020

180 – Avoiding a “despair death crisis” in Europe. The drivers of human (un)sustainability

Abstract The emergence of the despair death crisis in the US stimulates researchers and policymakers to look at subjective wellbeing data from a different perspective. We […]
10 March 2020

179 – The gender happiness paradox

Abstract According to the gender happiness paradox women are signi ficantly more likely to declare high levels of life satisfaction than men after controlling for all relevant […]