15 March 2013
Working Paper
Abstract We provide non experimental evidence of the relevance of sociability on subjective wellbeing by investigating the determinants of life satisfaction on a large sample of […] Read More
7 March 2013
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For four years we have been witnessing the biggest global economic crisis since the end of World War II. It is a systemic crisis that is […] Read More
1 March 2013
Working Paper
Abstract We analyse the impact of the introduction of the French Tobin tax on volumes, liquidity and volatility of a ected stocks with parametric and non […] Read More
15 February 2013
Working Paper
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 […] Read More
14 February 2013
Working Paper
Abstract The standard explanation of wage rigidity in principal agent and in efficiency wage models is related to worker risk-aversion. However, these explanations do not consider […] Read More
15 November 2012
Working Paper
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 […] Read More
31 October 2012
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Social Innovation, generally acknowledged as the capacity to respond to emerging needs through new forms and/or models of collaboration, represents one of the fields in which […] Read More
30 September 2012
Working Paper
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 […] Read More
21 September 2012
Working Paper
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” […] Read More