Abstract In standard economic models benevolent governments are the unique actors in charge to tackle the problem of reconciling individual with social wellbeing in presence of […]
Abstract This paper addresses two hot topics of the contemporary debate, social capital and economic growth. Our theoretical analysis sheds light on decisive but so far […]
Abstract Which kind of social capital fosters the diffusion of development-oriented trust? This paper carries out an empirical investigation into the causal relationships connecting four types […]
Abstract This review critically discusses the theoretical models of discounting through a selection of papers. It will focus on the comparison between the two major models, […]
Introduzione La crisi finanziaria, iniziata nell’estate 2007 negli Usa e poi diffusasi per contagio nel resto del mondo, ha natura sistemica. Né di crisi congiunturale né […]
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 […]
Introduzione In numerosi paesi dell’Unione Europea, in questi ultimi anni, si assiste ad un processo di ridisegno (riforma) dei sistemi di welfare improntato da linee politiche […]
Introduzione Come è ampiamente noto l’economia nasce come scienza della “pubblica felicità”. In particolare, gli italiani Antonio Genovesi e Pietro Verri sono stati i primi a […]
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 […]
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 […]