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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 ... -
A locally adaptive bandwidth selector for kernel based regression
(2009)The selection of the smoothing parameter represents a crucial step in the local polynomial regression, because of the implications on the consistency of the nonparametric regression estimator and because of the difficulties ... -
Parameter estimation in continuous stochastic volatility models
(2009)Continuous-time di usion processes are often used in literature to model dynamics of nancial markets. In such kinds of models a rel- evant role is played by the variance of the process. So assumptions on the functional ... -
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 ... -
La ricerca in collaborazione con l'industria dei docenti universitari: aggiornamento sugli esiti di un questionario
(2009)Questo articolo aggiorna i risultati di un questionario che è stato oggetto di trattazione dell’articolo “Ricerca industriale di scienziati accademici: una opportunità o un rischio per la open science? Evidenza ... -
Su alcuni limiti fondamentali: tecniche non classiche
(2010)Si calcola il limite x 0 3 lim x- sinx = 1 → x 6 evidenziando come detto calcolo si possa ricondurre a quello di limiti notevoli senza utilizzare il primo teorema di de l’Hôpital o le classi delle funzioni infinitesime ... -
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 ... -
The effects of fiscal shocks in svar models: a graphical modelling approach
(2010)We apply graphical modelling theory to identify scal policy shocks in SVAR models of the US economy. Unlike other econometric ap- proaches which achieve identi cation by relying on potentially con- tentious a priori ... -
A note on the invertibility of the threshold moving average model
(2010)The Threshold Moving Average model with k regimes of order q is examined. In particular we provide sufficient conditions for its invertibility by generalizing some results reported in the literature. In the first part ... -
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 ... -
Variable selection in forecasting models for corporate bankruptcy
(2011)In this paper we develop statistical models for bankruptcy prediction of Italian firms in the limited liability sector, using annual balance sheet information. Several issues involved in default risk analysis are ... -
R&D policy evaluation: a case study on Law 46/1982 in Italy
(2011)Even in the context of neo-classical theory, characterized by a strong trust in the virtues of the free market, the need for a policy intervention in the field of research and innovation is theorized, because of the ... -
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, ... -
Optimal compensation contracts for optimistic managers
(2012)We study an employment contract between an (endogenously) optimistic manager and realistic investors. The manager faces a trade-off between ensuring that effort reflects accurate news and savoring emotionally beneficial ... -
Third party punishment and criminal: an experiment with Italian camorra prison inmates
(2012)In Third Party punishment experiments (Fehr et al.; 2004), an agent may be punished for violating a social norm by an uninvolved observer - or third party - whose payoff is unaffected by the behavior of the same agent. ... -
Cooperative credit banks: some fundamental institutional features
(2012)The aim of this paper is to analyze individual preferences in relation to different job characteristics. This is an important issue in the light of the huge literature in labor economics and human resource management ... -
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; ... -
Asymmetry in the permanent price impact of block purchases and sales: theory and empirical evidence
(2012)This paper extends previous research which has examined the market impact of large transactions in bull and bear markets by examining the information effects of trades. Previous research has demonstrated that the information ...