English Abstract: The article analyses the evolution of the fair industry in Italy since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008. In particular, the article examines the performance achieved by a sample of Italian exhibitions between 2008 and 2011 – at the apex of the financial crisis –...

Italian Abstract: "Play", "Game" e i Giocchi Pandemici10 anni fa, Franco Ferrarotti, quando scriveva il preface del primo numero di Academicus, definiva estremamente coraggioso la mia decisione di pubblicare la rivista in carta stampata, proprio nell’epoca delle comunicazioni digitali. Un...

This paper examines the retirement decisions of Italian households using data from the Survey on Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) for 2008. The analysis focuses on the adequacy of pension wealth, knowledge of supplementary retirement rules, the determinants of enrolment decisions and...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro fornisce una rassegna della letteratura sull’educazione finanziaria; riassume i risultati delle indagini statistiche in Italia e i problemi di misurazione dell’alfabetizzazione finanziaria; sintetizza il dibattito internazionale di policy; illustra le iniziative...

Italian Abstract: Il sostegno finanziario offerto da parenti o amici è aumentato con la crisi, sia in termini di frequenza, sia negli importi. Per i beneficiari, il sostegno della rete informale è di ammontare comparabile al ricorso al credito al consumo; la sua diffusione rimane tuttavia...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza le tendenze del mercato del credito al consumo durante la crisi usando i dati, di fonte CRIF, relativi alle domande di prestiti personali e finalizzati e ai contratti stipulati tra il 2007 e il 2013 in Italia (55 e 37 milioni rispettivamente). L'analisi...

The agricultural yield is affected by several risks, main of them are not controllable by humans. For this reason, the CAP has established several interventions to help guaranteeing a stable and appropriate income to farmers. One of the main policy interventions established in the current CAP...

Following the growing interest towards the role of the knowledge in the modern economies the economic literature has focused a lot of studies into the role of the producers of new knowledge, e.g. universities and public research institutions. The relations between these bodies and the firms, the...

The new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) represent an important challenge for SME. Especially in the context of local productive areas, this topic may be relevant as a new opportunity of competitiveness for the system as a whole. In this working paper, the focus is on the...