In this work we analyze the importance of dynamics in the determination of the distribution of gains from free trade and migration. Given a transition dynamic, free trade might worsen a country relatively to autarchy. Moreover, some individuals might lose welfare during the transition dynamics....

The consequences of international migration for development in countries of origin and destination remain hotly debated. The immigration flows could be considered an appropriate mechanism to contribute to the de- velopment of origin countries if origin countries recognize the qualifications of...

The Economy in the last 40 years has tended to accept the liberal thoughts and incorporated it in the theoretical development. This paper analyzes The Economical Social and Cultural Rights (DESC) is incompatible with the liberal thoughts. In the next sections we show that, excepting by some...

The Economy in the last 40 years has tended to accept the liberal thoughts and incorporated it in the theoretical development. This paper analyzes The Economical Social and Cultural Rights (DESC) is incompatible with the liberal thoughts. In the next sections we show that, excepting by some...

Under general conditions, it has been proved that free trade improves the welfare of open economies. However, the conditions to attain the free trade equilibrium are non trivial: when the productive process is planned, industries do not know the price that will prevail, while the production is...

The study investigates the convergence of labour productivity in 204 NUTS2 regions of the EU-15 between 1995 and 2006. The main objective of our work was to assess whether and to what extent European Union (EU) policies (Regional Policy and Common Agricultural Policy) have been effective in...

Lo studio analizza la convergenza della produttivita del lavoro in 259 regioni NUTS-2 dell’EU-27 tra il 1995 ed il 2007, confrontando le risposte del modello soloviano proposto da Mankiw et al. (1992) e di una sua estensione. Per le stime si e utilizzato un modello econometrico basato sui...

The paper investigates the coexistence of different organisational patterns of local productions and evaluate which local governance may be more appropriate in a globalized agro-food scenery. We analyze, through the spatial analysis tools and the use of suitable indicators at municipality level,...

This paper provides an investigation of the effectiveness of the main measures applied in Rural Development Programs, in particular those for farm structure intervention, at regional/national level on the basis of cluster analysis with spatial econometric tools. The main results are: (i) the...

A key factor for a stable and solid development is the gain in labor productivity. The regions that manage to pull out of poverty and improve the living standards of their inhabitants, in fact, need to be able to diversify away from agriculture and other traditional sectors. In doing this, the...