Welfare and Social Policies
15 February 2013
Pubblicato il 15 February 2013
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Abstract We argue that in a capitalist enterprise the need to fix wages is crucially influenced by the asymmetric distribution of decision-making power, which can entail […]
15 November 2012
Pubblicato il 15 November 2012
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Abstract There may be a nexus between card games and financial markets. Akerlof and Shiller (2010) wonder whether the decline in the number of bridge players […]
30 September 2012
Pubblicato il 30 September 2012
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Abstract The poor in developing countries are the most exposed to natural catastrophes and microfinance organizations may potentially ease their economic recovery. Yet, no evidence on […]
21 September 2012
Pubblicato il 21 September 2012
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Abstract The paper aims to analyse the role covered by “Mutual Benefit Societies” (hereinafter MBSs – it. trans. “Mutue Sanitarie Integrative”) in terms of “social innovation” […]
14 June 2012
Pubblicato il 14 June 2012
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Abstract We construct an index for national identity using information from the World Values Survey on peoples’ attitudes concerning politics and to the state itself. We […]
8 June 2012
Pubblicato il 8 June 2012
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Abstract Is culture an important variable to explain whether groups can successfully provide public goods? A wealth of empirical evidence on both industrialized and developing countries […]
24 January 2012
Pubblicato il 24 January 2012
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Abstract We analyze the effects of financial education on a large sample of secondary school students with a randomized experiment performed in the Center (Rome) and […]
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 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 […]