The study is concerned with a crucial period of the banking history of Ethiopia, almost untouched so far by the specializing literature, in which the banking industry was affected by important changes. The paper describes and analyses the reconstruction process of the banking system and the...

FROM ITALIAN BANKING LAW TO THE COMPLIANCE FUNCTION IN BANKS. So far, investors’ confidence in financial markets has been protected by non-compulsory rules, which are more and more complex. Nevertheless, these provisions have not safeguarded banks and the whole financial system from legal and...

In questo paper la dotazione infrastrutturale di Barcellona, Lione, Milano, Monaco e Barcellona è sottoposta ad un'analisi comparativa allo scopo di stabilire una gerarchia fra le città. A una matrice di dati descriventi la diffusione, la capacità e le prestazioni delle infrastrutture urbane...

A population of households is considered and each household is distinguished by two attributes: pre-tax income and family size. To compare incomes in this heterogeneous environment an affine transformation is proposed as equivalent income function, from which income dependent equivalence scales...

The article aims at investigating the potential of intellectual capital statement as a source of information for the credit worthiness evaluation of firms asking for loans. Information about intangible assets can significantly supplement the traditional analysis based on financial data.To this...

Viene descritto un modello dove specie commerciali e protette sono in competizione per la terra. Il modello include l'analisi di un conflitto tra obiettivi ecologici ed economici e suggerisce criteri per misurare entrambe le dimensioni del sistema di gestione.Abbiamo visto che in problemi...

COMPETITION IN NEWSPAPER MARKETS, RENT SEEKING AND THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION. The availability of adequate information is one of the most important conditions for making markets and political systems work efficiently. The power of influencing, enhancing or concealing information on certain...

Static tax-benefit microsimulation models (MSM) are widely used and reputed tools for public policy analysis but a more than careful use of them is compelling. This paper focuses on the analysis of MSM output, suggesting to use nonparametric kernel methods rather than most often used histograms...