The aim of this paper is to describe a general overview of the large number of theoretical and empirical studies that analyze the relationships between trade openness and environment. In Section 1, the paper presents a first description of the multidimensional links between a general definition...

Italian Abstract: I Confidi hanno svolto un ruolo molto importante nel sostenere il sistema produttivo italiano in sinergia col sistema bancario, durante la prima fase della recente crisi finanziaria. Negli ultimi anni però il sistema Confidi sta mostrando le proprie debolezze. Questo articolo,...

The relationship between financial development and economic growth has received enormous attention in the economic literature of the last decade. The widely accepted consensus finding is that financial development has a positive effect on growth at either aggregate, or industry or firm levels....