We investigate the effect of environmental policies on innovation under different levels of competition. Using information regarding renewable energy policies, competition and green patents for OECD countries since the late 1970s, we develop a pre-sample mean count-data econometric specification...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between job enlargement and some specific job crafting behaviors and to analyze the moderating role of self-competence. Design/methodology/approach – Data were gathered from 158 workers in a large retail company and analyzed...

Il saggio intende mostrare la rilevanza della relazione che intercorre tra le disparità di reddito e le disuguaglianze sociali a livello regionale in una prospettiva secondo cui a) le sole variabili economiche non rendono efficacemente conto del livello di sviluppo di una comunità e b) tali...

This paper assesses the effectiveness of Italian waste management policies over the period 1999-2008 both in increasing separate collection and in reducing waste generation, using as a theoretical framework the Multi-tasking model (Holmstrom and Milgrom, 1991). The main results show that the TIA...

This study tests the presence of convergence in the main municipal solid waste-related indicators across Italy. In the last decade the waste sector has experienced a profound transformation, both at a European and an Italian level, a transformation in which landfill is losing its primary role as...

Nel presente lavoro, utilizzando il modello economico-ambientale IPAT e la nuova banca dati settoriale WIOD, uno degli strumenti più completi di accounting ambientale a livello europeo, si testa la relazione tra intensità di emissioni inquinanti (anidride carbonica diviso valore aggiunto) e...