Economic convergence at the sub-national level could have spatially explicit manifestations reflecting convergence clubs and other forms of geographical clustering that are not captured by an overall inequality measure. By decomposing the Theil index of per capita income inequality into between...

The sample estimates are uniformly below those of the Financial Accounts, even after harmonising all the definitions and the evaluation criteria. Such a problem can stem from the interviewee�s unwillingness to disclose the actual value of the asset (under-reporting). The paper presents a...

Italian Abstract:Dall'inizio della sua presidenza, Xi Jinping ha progressivamente riorientato la politica estera al fine di meglio proteggere gli interessi cinesi nel mondo. A questo fine, Pechino ha significativamente aumentato la propria esposizione internazionale su vari fronti, alternando...

Forecasting Budget expenditures using Budget balance intra annual data

The paper presents an estimate of the expenditure requirements to be used as a benchmark in the identification of best practices in the spending behavior of the municipalities. In order to distinguish the determinants of theoretical expenditure requirements with respect to those relating to...