Intorno alla meta degli anni novanta alcuni cambiamenti che si stavano sviluppando da tempo nell’industria manifatturiera secondo dinamiche autonome e percorsi distinti, improvvisamente subiscono una accelerazione e tendono a convergere verso un nuovo modello di produzione. Le caratteristiche...

A framework for duality theory is set forth, based on the model-independent role of homotheties. An expansion vector field is introduced as global generator of pure expansion effects, in terms of which to deepen the differential aspects of preference symmetries, fundamental identities and...

Control over digital transactions has steadily risen in recent years, to an extent that puts into question the Internet’s traditional openness. In order to investigate the origins and effects of such change the paper formally model the historical evolution of digital control. In the model, the...

This paper investigates credit supply endogeneity in the Italian environment from 1999 to 2009. The study aims to shed more light on the relationship between securitization and the Italian monetary transmission mechanism during the two most recent financial crashes: the dot-com bubble burst...

I examine the endogenous money supply hypothesis in the Euro Area using data from 1999 to 2010. I make extensive use of Vector Autoregression (VAR) models with Granger causality procedure to analyze non-cointegrated series and Vector Error Correction (VEC) models for cointegrated series. The...

The literature on immigrant entrepreneurship has richly described the characteristics and peculiarities of ethnic businesses catering to enclave markets. However, several indications suggest that immigrant-owned firms are increasingly entering mainstream markets and changing both their internal...