We use a laboratory experiment to explore the effect of a change in pre-trade anonymity in a quote-driven dealer-to-customer market, organised as a request for quote (RFQ). We consider two treatments in which dealers interact with two types of customers (informed or uninformed). In the first...

This editorial note introduces to the current issue of the journal. On occasion of the centenary of the birth of Paolo Sylos Labini, to whom our journal is dedicated, Economia civile has devoted a special issue Moneta e Credito to the continuing topicality of his thought. Among the new...

This short editorial introduces the contributions to a special issue celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Italian Statuto dei lavoratori (Charter of Workers' Rights). Such anniversary both reaffirms how crucial workers' movements have been for the design and implementation of progressive...

This short editorial introduces a new temporary section within the journal, on the future of reformed capitalism. Many observers consider economic problems a cause of political malaise. Thence a renewed attention for political economy issues and for political developments and their relationship...

The value of global cashless payments has been radically increasing worldwide. Despite cash being the most used payment instrument in the world, technological innovation and new consumer preferences are decisively transforming the way consumers pay and manage money. The COVID-19 pandemic may...

Financial literacy assessments typically rely on sample surveys containing sets of questions designed to gauge respondents' comprehension of fundamental financial concepts necessary for making informed decisions. The answers to such questions, either categorical or continuous in nature,...