“The financial system ... may be simultaneously growth-induced and growth-inducing, but what really matter are the character of its services and the efficiency with which it provides them (Cameron et al. (1967), p. 2)”. In ...

La tesi mira non solo ad analizzare le dinamiche evolutive delle sofferenze bancarie, mediante l’analisi di fattori sia interni che esterni alla banca in grado di condizionarne l’andamento, ma anche a correlare successivamente ...

La tesi, dopo un capitolo dedicato alle teorie sulla criminalità nelle scienze sociali e sui modelli economici del crimine sviluppati dalla letteratura, presenta tre analisi empiriche che studiano le determinanti criminali ...

In the last twenty years the banking sector of many countries has undergone a period of consolidation and restructuring. This has raised concerns about the welfare implications of larger credit institutions, given that the ...

La tesi, dopo aver premesso la condizione di crisi in cui versa la giustizia italiana, propone una definizione di sistema giudiziario. Emergono tre principali dimensioni interessanti per ogni analisi, sia del sistema nel ...

The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the debate on the Beveridge Curve: more specifically, after providing a theoretical introduction to the Curve in Chapter I, we focus on some empirical points, concerning globalisation ...

This thesis investigates the macroeconomics e ects of scal policy from a theoretical and empirical perspective. The rst part of the thesis surveys recent theoretical and empirical studies in the related literature. The ...

Since the end of the Cold War, the incidence of civil war has decreased and the use of peacekeeping has increased. This thesis examines some of the factors that influence the demand for peacekeeping missions, in particular ...

In Common pool models fiscal outcomes are determined by the decision-making rule that is used to aggregate conflicting interests into a single budget. The rules according through which the budget is prepared, approved and ...

The problem of the inefficiency of the judicial system is a very present in Italy. In Italy the average duration of a process is significantly higher than that of the Ocse countries. The excessive length of judgments has ...