In order to be used in the frame of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2014+ direct payments' management, all Very High Resolution (VHR) imagery should comply with spatial accuracy compatible with a scale of 1:5000 or larger. To check this, the JRC has set a benchmarking test to verify whether...

This paper studies the impact of television on student achievement in Italy, utilizing the staggered rollout of digital television across Italian provinces to isolate television's influence. Using data from national educational assessments (INVALSI) collected in four grades from 2009 to 2012, we...

This study investigates the causal impact of Italy’s transition from analog to digital terrestrial television on fertility rates, exploiting the staggered rollout between 2008 and 2012 as a natural experiment. Employing a difference-in-differences analysis and a doubly robust estimator, I find...

"This book provides a comprehensive exploration of digital platforms. It clarifies the dynamics of the digital broadcasting and content industry, frames the transformation of audience to user, introduces new concepts and theories related to the field, and provides in-depth information about the...