In the recent years a large literature on indicators of well-being and quality of life has proliferated, all departing from a strict economic view of these phenomena. While all these indicators sign an important step for the recognition of well-being as a multidimensional phenomenon, they are...

Obiettivo del lavoro è un primo esame di ipotesi ed evidenze per una interpretazione maggiormente articolata della crisi del 1893; appunti frammentari, che tendono ad individuare i fenomeni maggiormente significativi su cui concentrare l'attenzione. Uno shock di competitività, conseguente ad una...

The education sector in Italy is mainly public and highly centralized concerning both financial and regulatory aspects. However, there are significant disparities in school spending and students’ performance across regions. This heterogeneity is also relevant in relation to the ongoing fiscal...

It is customary in the empirical trade literature to analyze specialization patterns of countries using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) measures. This paper explores the pros and cons of the most commonly used RCA index: the Balassa (1965) Index of RCA. After describing the properties of...