ABSTRACT. This paper carries out an explanatory investigation into the relationship between socio-institutional conditions, quality of life indicators and economic growth in the Italian regions. Previous studies stress the importance of institutional quality, social capital and social conditions...

Military spending is an expenditure by governments that has influence beyond the resources it takes up, especially when it leads to or facilitates conflicts. This chapter provides an overview of the issues involved in analysing the effects of military spending on growth. It considers the...

The paper deals with the ‘Keynesian’ theories of accumulation, i.e. those sharing the premise that in the long period, no less than in the short, it is investment that generates the corresponding amount of savings, and thus aggregate demand what ultimately determines growth. The...