Questo lavoro offre un’analisi dettagliata dei cambiamenti organizzativi del finanziamento pubblico delle università statali avvenuti dopo il 1994 e presenta alcune evidenze empiriche descrittive relative a tali cambiamenti. Il lavoro è organizzato come segue. La prima parte confronta il...

We provide non experimental evidence of the relevance of sociability on subjective wellbeing by investigating the determinants of life satisfaction on a large sample of Europeans aged above 50. We document that voluntary work, religious attendance, helping friends/neighbours and participation to...

The paper articulates and tests the hypothesis that innovation is a major factor in the reduction of income inequalities. The relationship between the pace of technological change and the dynamics of income inequalities has been first suggested by Kuznets (1955), but found little elaboration and...

Using data on inventor citations and inventor collaborations, this article analyses changes in geographical patterns of knowledge flows between European regions during the period 1981-2000. It shows that inventor collaborations become less geographically localized, while inventor citations...

This paper discusses empirical research on the effects of the adoption of IAS/IFRS on the quality of financial reporting. In doing so, it focuses on the European Union. The adoption of IAS/IFRS in Europe is an example of accounting standardization among countries with different institutional...

This paper studies the effect of labor market institutions on within- and cross-country risk-sharing using a model of international trade in risky assets modified to include a subset of agents, labor-owners, who do not access financial markets, and employment security provisions. Labor market...

In this article complex system theories are used as interpretation framework for analyzing the strong famines which occurred in the Late Victorian age in many tropical countries. One leading explanation in the literature regarding these famines is that the so-called New Imperialism at the end of...

Researcher mobility has received increasing support from policy makers around the world as an instrument to improve the performance of research systems by promoting the diffusion of knowledge, and facilitating knowledge and technology transfer, network creation, and productivity (OECD, 2008)....

The social and economic mobility contributes or not to the economic growth and to the quality of the life? After some considerations on the various typologies and definitions of social framework mobility, the essay analyses the quality aspects, considering the virtuous and vicious versions...

Evolutionary economics has finally recognized the limits of biological analogies and is now able to apply the tools of complexity analysis. A better appreciation of the Schumpeterian legacy can help building better foundations to this new phase of evolutionary economics. The paper uncovers the...