Working Paper

25 Gennaio 2011

80 – Impatience, Anticipatory Feelings and Uncertainty:A Dynamic Experiment on Time Preferences

Abstract We study time preferences in a real-effort experiment with a one-month horizon. We report that two thirds of choices suggest negative time preferences. Moreover, choice […]
27 Ottobre 2010

79 – Perché ritornare a Giacinto Dragonetti

Grande il merito di chi ha progettato e reso possibile la ristampa, impreziosita con utili note esplicative, dell’importante ma sfortunato saggio “Delle virtù e dei premi” […]
27 Luglio 2010

78 – Il benessere soggettivo in Economia: il caso dei lavoratori del non profit

INTRODUZIONE Gli economisti ritengono che nelle decisioni private e pubbliche le persone dal punto di vista economico abbiano come obiettivo massimizzare la propria utilità sotto il […]
27 Giugno 2010

77 – Sistemi di protezione sociale e politiche di sviluppo: approcci, strumenti e proposte di policy

26 Giugno 2010

76 – What are we learning from the life satisfaction literature?

Abstract The recent availability of cross-sectional and longitudinal survey data on life satisfaction in a large number of countries gives us the opportunity to verify empirically […]
20 Maggio 2010

75 – Social Enterprise in Europe: Governance Models

Abstract: One of the aspects least focused upon in studies of Social Enterprises is governance, which is crucial when defining a type of governing system that […]
19 Maggio 2010

74 – Gender at Work: Productivity and Incentives

Abstract This paper analyses the relationship between workers’ gender and monetary incentives in an experimental setting based on a double-tournament scheme. The participants must choose between […]
20 Aprile 2010

73 – Credit access and life satisfaction: evaluating the non monetary effects of micro finance

Abstract Microfinance institutions are used to claim that their impact goes beyond money since rescuing from exclusion uncollateralized poor borrowers significantly affects their dignity, self-esteem, social […]
20 Ottobre 2009

72 – Do Social Enterprises Finance Their Investments Differently from For-profit Firms? The Case of Social Residential Services in Italy

Abstract Using a longitudinal data set of balance sheets of 504 nonprofit and for-profit firms operating in the social residential sector in Italy, we investigate the […]
19 Ottobre 2009

71 – The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Growing Hyper-technological Economy

Abstract We develop a dynamic model to analyze the sources and the evolution of social participation and social capital in a growing economy characterized by exogenous […]