<em>Economic disparities and context variables. A non-parametric analysis for Italian regions</em> Objectives The paper provides a ranking of performance scores, originated by indicators of economic and social context, in order to compare the position of each region relative to the others over the period...

In quest’articolo utilizziamo diverse metodologie per stimare l’equazione di Verdoorn con l’obiettivo di saggiare l’ipotesi della presenza di rendimenti crescenti di scala nel settore manifatturiero nelle regioni europee NUTS-2 per l’intervallo temporale 1995-2006. Estendiamo...

In empirical regional economics, returns to scale are typically estimated at the regional level in search for evidence on alternative theories of growth and agglomeration. However, returns to scale may also have a firm-level dimension. In this paper, we exploit micro level data and estimate the...

Byrne J. P., Fazio G. and Piacentino D. Total factor productivity convergence among Italian regions: some evidence from panel unit root tests. Regional Studies. This paper employs panel unit root tests to investigate convergence in total factor productivity (TFP) among Italian regions. These...

Social inclusion is one of the key challenges of the European Union (EU) Sustainable Development Strategy. We use four indicators from EU policies to measure social inclusion for the 27 member countries of Europe. In particular, we aggregate the four indicators in a multiplicative composite...