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27 June 2012
Pubblicato il 27 June 2012
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Abstract We investigate the finance-growth nexus before and around the global financial crisis using for the first time OTC derivative data in growth estimates. Beyond the […]
20 June 2012
Pubblicato il 20 June 2012
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Abstract The aim of this work is to show that in a repeated Public Goods Game situation it is possible, through the implementation of a properly […]
15 June 2012
Pubblicato il 15 June 2012
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Abstract Worker-managed firms (WMFs) represent a marginal proportion of total firms and aggregate employment in most countries. The bulk of firms in real economies is ultimately […]
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 […]
13 June 2012
Pubblicato il 13 June 2012
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Abstract This paper studies intergenerational transmission of cognitive abilities from parents to children. We create a measure of parental cognitive evolu- tion across time, which combines […]
12 June 2012
Pubblicato il 12 June 2012
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Abstract Very few contributions have dealt with the analysis of specific determinants of social capital accumulation and destruction. Even if limited in scale, the analysis of […]
11 June 2012
Pubblicato il 11 June 2012
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Abstract This essay pursues a threefold purpose: first, to sketch the historical period that provides the backdrop to the formation of Franciscan economic thought; second, to […]
9 June 2012
Pubblicato il 9 June 2012
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Abstract In this paper, we show that incorporating the relational dimension into an otherwise standard OLG model and focusing on dynamic leisure externalities leads to dramatically […]
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 […]
27 January 2012
Pubblicato il 27 January 2012
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Abstract We investigate factors affecting happiness on a sample of Italian secondary school students. We find that money matters since family’s house ownership, mortgages and (class) […]