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19 November 2008
Pubblicato il 19 November 2008
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INTRODUCTION The role of the nonprofit sector in the European Community is widely recognized by the Commission and European Parliament,2 which look to these organizations to […]
9 September 2008
Pubblicato il 9 September 2008
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Introduction Organizations can be categorized according to the nature of their owners, as either public or private organizations. Among private organizations, there is a subset of […]
20 June 2008
Pubblicato il 20 June 2008
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Abstract We set up an analytical framework focusing on the problem of interaction over time when economic agents are characterized by various types of distributional social […]
20 January 2008
Pubblicato il 20 January 2008
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Abstract Research on the nexus between life satisfaction and income has looked at lottery winners or postcommunism transition to document that exogenous changes in income generate […]
20 October 2007
Pubblicato il 20 October 2007
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Abstract Poor local information networks and weak social sanctions in urban settings make joint liability unable to guarantee high repayment rates to microlenders. Yet, microcredit programmes […]
2 September 2007
Pubblicato il 2 September 2007
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Abstract This paper examines the relationship between inequality and happiness through the lens of heterogeneous values, beliefs and inclinations. Drawing upon opinion data from the European […]
20 June 2007
Pubblicato il 20 June 2007
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Abstract The standard specification of utility functions in economic models usually neglects the effect of sociability on happiness. Our level and first difference panel estimates show […]
19 June 2007
Pubblicato il 19 June 2007
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Abstract This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the causal nexus connecting social capital’s diverse aspects to the “quality” of economic development in Italy. The […]
18 June 2007
Pubblicato il 18 June 2007
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Abstract Is cooperative action modern or old fashioned? Why should policymakers pursue it in development strategies? In what way are cooperatives different in terms of economic […]
20 December 2006
Pubblicato il 20 December 2006
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Introduzione L’informazione costituisce la linfa per il funzionamento delle singole aziende così come dei più vasti sistemi socio-economici che queste compongono. I processi informativi che ciascuna […]