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ICT, Clusters and Regional Cohesion: A Summary of Theoretical and Empirical Research

Maignan, Carole; Pinelli, Dino; Mattei, Fondazione Eni … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003

The question of the spatial impacts of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated the intellectual … congested area where world-class ICT and high-tech industries cluster together. In theory, geographical agglomeration of … discusses how the use of ICT may alter the balance between centripetal and centrifugal forces and therefore the final …

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The ICT Revolution: Opportunities and Risks for the Mezzogiorno

Bellini, Elena; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Pinelli, Dino - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003

The question of the spatial impacts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated intellectual and …-class ICT and high-tech industries cluster together. In theory, geographical agglomeration of economic activities results as an … equilibrium solution of a tension between centripetal and centrifugal forces. ICT has the potential to alter the balance between …

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Spatial Agglomeration, Technology and Outsourcing of Knowledge Intensive Business Services Empirical Insights from Italy

Antonietti, Roberto; Cainelli, Giulio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007

in driving the decision to outsource KIBS, but ICT, R&D and location within a dense and technologically developed …

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Measuring Service Quality: The Opinion of Europeans about Utilities

Ferrari, P. A.; Salini, S. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

This paper provides a comparative analysis of statistical methods to evaluate the consumer perception about the quality of Services of General Interest. The evaluation of the service quality perceived by users is usually based on Customer Satisfaction Survey data and an ex-post evaluation is...

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Consumers’ Attitudes on Services of General Interest in the EU: Accessibility, Price and Quality 2000-2004

Fiorio, Carlo; Florio, M.; Salini, S.; Ferrari, P. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007

The research question addressed by this paper is a simple one: are European consumers happy with the services provided by the utilities after two decades of reforms? We focus on electricity, gas, water, telephone in the EU 15 Member States. The variables we analyse are consumers’ satisfaction...

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Foreclosing Competition through Access Charges and Price Discrimination

López, Ángel L.; Rey, Patrick - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009

This article analyzes competition between two asymmetric networks, an incumbent and a new entrant. Networks compete in non-linear tariffs and may charge different prices for on-net and off-net calls. Departing from cost-based access pricing allows the incumbent to foreclose the market in a...

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Do International Roaming Alliances Harm Consumers?

Bühler, Benno - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009

We develop a model of international roaming in which mobile network operators (MNOs) compete both on the wholesale market to sell roaming services to foreign operators and on the retail market for subscribers. The operators own a network infrastructure only in their home country. To allow their...

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Directed Technical Change and Climate Policy

Otto, Vincent M.; Löschel, Andreas; Reilly, John - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

This paper studies the cost effectiveness of climate policy if there are technology externalities. For this purpose, we develop a forward-looking CGE model that captures empirical links between CO2 emissions associated with energy use, directed technical change and the economy. We find the...

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Determinants of Environmental Innovation – New Evidence from German Panel Data Sources

Horbach, Jens - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

In most cases, empirical analyses of environmental innovations based on firm-level data relied on survey data for one point in time. These surveys, especially designed for the analysis of environmental innovations, are useful because they allow for the inclusion of many explanatory variables...

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Economic Instruments and Induced Innovation: The Case of End-of-Life Vehicles European Policies

Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Zoboli, Roberto - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005

The paper addresses the dynamic-incentive effect of environmental policy instruments when innovation is uncertain and occurs in very complex industrial subsystems. The case of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) is considered focusing predominantly on the effects of the European Directive adopted in...

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