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Harmful competition in the insurance markets
(2010)There is a general presumption that competition is a good thing. In this paper we show that competition in the insurance markets can be bad and that adverse selection is in general worse under competition than under monopoly. ... -
How do the institutions involved in scientific collaboration deal with different kinds of distance? An analysis of the co-authorships of scientific publications
(2012)In the scientific collaborations among different institutions at least two types of distance may be identified: spatial and institutional. We talk about spatial distance if the institutions are located in different places; ... -
Identifiability for mixtures of distributions from a location-scale family with uniforms
(2007)In this paper we study the indentifiability of a class of mixture models where a finite number of one-dimensional location scale distributions is mixed with a finite number of uniform distributions on an interval. We define ... -
Inequality and labour-market performance. A survey beyond an elusive trade-off
(2006)In this paper we assess the evolution of employment and wage inequality in Europe and the US labour markets over the past two decades. We find that the salient trends in wage structures are more complicated than implied ... -
Internal and external sources of innovation in the Italian biotech sector
(2009)A common view among many academics and policy makers is that biotech offers enormous opportunities for improving competitiveness and economic growth. For this reason there is a growing need to set up appropriate policy to ... -
Introduzione all’economia politica dell’organizzazione: nozioni ed applicazioni
(2004)Questo lavoro ha lo scopo di offrire una serie di nozioni introduttive allo studio dell’economia politica dell’organizzazione. L’esame della nascita, della progettazione e della conduzione efficiente delle organizzazioni ... -
La dinamica del cambiamento nella rappresentazione del territorio. Una mappa per i luoghi della valle dell’Irno
(2004)Con il presente lavoro si cerca di definire una mappa delle identità attualmente possibili per il sistema territoriale della Valle dell’Irno, al fine di comprendere la direzione del processo di cambiamento in atto Ritenendo ... -
La valutazione economica dei Parchi Marini. Il caso “Punta Infreschi”
(2012)I criteri sulla sostenibilità ambientale, sociale ed economica della produzione turistica hanno ispirato l’analisi sulla improrogabile riqualificazione dell’offerta balneare delle destinazioni mediterranee. In quest’ottica, ... -
L’evoluzione del regime degli scambi nel commercio internazionale agroalimentare: dal GATT alla Wto
(2008)Tra le due guerre mondiali hanno prevalso le politiche protezionistiche, ma, dalla fine della seconda, la regolamentazione e la progressiva liberalizzazione degli scambi nel commercio internazionale sono state perseguite ... -
Modelling asymmetric volatility dynamics by multivariate bl-garch models
(2006)The class of Multivariate BiLinear GARCH (MBL-GARCH) models is proposed and its statistical properties are investigated. The model can be regarded as a generalization to a multivariate setting of the univariate BLGARCH model ... -
Moments based inference in small samples
(2005)In this work we propose a nonparametric estimator for parameters which are embodied in given moment conditions. Here we are interested in small samples problems. We analyze conditions under which it is possible to represent the ... -
New insights on the relationships between geographic and institutional distance in research collaborations: a long period analysis
(2014)This paper analyses the relationship between institutional and geographic distance in scientific collaborations, evaluating the possible changes when a long period (sixteen years) is taken into consideration and discussing ... -
No Euro Please, We're British
(2007)Comparing the economic performances between UK and Euroland, the appropriate and obvious question should be: why does not Euroland replace its euro with the British pound? However, economy does not represent all the interests ... -
Nudging e Salute: un binomio possibile?
(2013)Il termine inglese nudging viene tradotto in italiano con la locuzione “spinta gentile”. Esso indica un’azione svolta dallo Stato diretta ad incentivare (o disincentivare) comportamenti individuali ritenuti benefici (o ... -
On minty variational inequalities and increasing along rays functions
(2005)In this paper we investigate the link between a Minty variational inequality and the notion of increasing along rays function. In particular we show that vector increasing along rays functions can be characterized in term ... -
On the FDI: attracting property of privatization
(2010)In the present paper we provide an explanation of why privatization may attract foreign investors willing to enter a regional market. Privatization turns the formerly-public rm into a less aggressive competitor since pro ...
