In the present paper we are aiming to establish how the price of the most important durable goods, in Italy as well as in other industrialised countries, has changed, over time, in relation to the per-capita average income, in order to identify trends and causes.The observed trends have been...

In this article the authors point out main problems and perspectives related to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Italy. After a brief and general introduction for explaining main concerns and institutional frameworks involved in the development of international procedures suitable to...

This article underlines the main implications of the interrelations between the energy problem and that of environmental pollution, using the most widely used macroeconomic indicators in the field of policy analysis. In fact, carbon dioxide (CO₂) emission intensity and energy intensity trends...

The main aim of the paper is to propose an analysis involving prices and technical features of cars in order to obtain an empirical model revealing firms' behaviours in the marketplace. Such a type of approach seems justified by the fact that both of these variables (prices and technical...

Solar energy is a fascinating promise for the future of world economies considering both the progressive depletion of natural fossil fuels and the environmental impact of their massive utilisation in energy conversion systems. After an outlook of more evident techno-economic, environmental and...