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Gunnar Myrdale's critiques of utility theory. Some implications
(2008)
This essay provides an ordered review of all the criticisms to the marginalist
theory of utility contained in The Political Element of Gunnar Myrdal. Firstly,
Myrdal’s criticises the marginalist hypothesis on human ...
Stranieri sempre più numerosi, con figli sempre più istruiti. Le seconde generazioni nel nostro sistema scolastico
(2008)
Nei Paesi d’immigrazione, com’è l’Italia dalla metà degli anni ’80, la presenza nelle scuole di alunni con cittadinanza straniera è un fenomeno a intensità crescente, la scuola essendo (soprattutto per le seconde generazioni ...
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 ...
Dropping out of University of Salerno: a survival approach
(2008)
The aim of this paper is to analyse and model the interval of time between
the first enrolment at University and the first occurrence of non-enrolment,
so that the event of interest is the dropping out of University. The ...
Privatization in oligopoly: the impact of the shadow cost of public funds
(2008)
The aim of this paper is to investigate the welfare effect of privatization
in oligopoly when the government takes into account
the distortionary effect of rising funds by taxation (shadow cost
of public funds). We ...
Winds of change and policies. The inequality - employment trade-off in the OECD
(2008)
Using a data-set of OECD countries from 1980 to 2004, we assess the crosscountry
evidence on the trade-off between wage inequality and employment
performance by relying on Data Envelopment Analysis, a nonparametric
technique ...
Assessing linearity in structural equation models through graphics
(2008)
While Structural Equation Models (SEMs) generally assume linear
linkages between variables, it is a well-worn issue that this may not
adequately describe the complexity and richness of social
phenomena. For this reason, ...
Efficiency gains and mergers
(2008)
In the theoretical literature, strong arguments have been provided
in support of the e ciency defense in antitrust merger policy.
One of the most often cited results is due to Williamson (1968)
that shows how relatively ...