In this paper we set up an evolutionary game-theoretic model aimed at addressing the issue of local public good provision via direct commitment of voluntary forces (namely, private donors and nonprofit providers) only. Two classes of agents are assumed to strategically interact within a double...

This paper is meant as a discussion of different methodologicalapproaches to the analysis of corporate social responsibility (CSR), sorted out through a scrutiny of the literature that has emerged from the recent Italian debate. The first stream of literature is embedded in the neo-classical...

Questo saggio presenta l'impianto logico-concettuale di una metodologia di analisi transdisciplinare della domanda di cultura nei sistemi economici post-industriali contemporanei, elaborata e sperimentata nell'ambito di una ricerca promossa dall'Istituto Luigi Sturzo all'interno del progetto...

Perche', nelle economie di mercato occidentali, esiste uno spazio socioeconomicamente rilevante che viene occupato dal cosiddetto "settore non profit"? L'obiettivo di questo contributo di riflessione e' quello di illustrare alcune delle principali ragioni argomentative che, adottando come punto...

We study the co-evolution of social participation and social capital accumulation, taking the view that the former contributes to the latter, and both contribute to the enjoyment of relational goods Within this framework, we show that a process of substitution of private for social activities...