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Corporate Social Responsibility and Firms’ Performance: A Stratigraphical Analysis

Comincioli, Nicola; Poddi, Laura; Vergalli, Sergio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

Over the last two decades in OECD countries an increasing number of firms are obtaining certification as Socially Responsible (CSR is the acronym for Corporate Social Responsibility). Several studies (including Preston and O’Bannon, 1997; Waddock and Graves, 1997; McWilliams and Sieger, 2001; Ullman,...

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Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect the Performance of Firms?

Vergalli, Sergio; Poddi, Laura - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009

Over the last two decades in OECD countries increasingly more firms are certifying as Socially Responsible (CSR is the acronym for Corporate Social Responsibility). This kind of certification is assigned by private companies that guarantee that a certain firm’s behaviour is environmentally and...

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The Push Factors for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Probit Analysis

Cominetti, Paolo; Poddi, Laura; Vergalli, Sergio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

In the last two decades in OECD countries there has been increased development of Social Responsible (CSR is the acronym of Corporate Social Responsibility) certified firms. This certification is assigned by public and private companies which guarantee that the behaviour of a certain firm is...

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Natural Resources: A Blessing or a Curse?

Papyrakis, Elissaios; Gerlagh, Reyer - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003

We examine empirically the effect of natural resource abundance on economic growth. We find that natural resources have … a negative impact on growth when considered in isolation, but a positive impact on growth when including in the analysis … indirect effect on growth, that is, when we examine possible transmission channels, we find a strong negative effect of natural …

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Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect the Performance of Firms?

Comincioli, Nicola; Poddi, Laura; Vergalli, Sergio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

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Resource-Abundance and Economic Growth in the U.S.

Papyrakis, Elissaios; Gerlagh, Reyer - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004

income growth among regions. Empirical data seem to support the absolute convergence hypothesis for U.S. states, but the data … also show that natural resource-abundance is a significant negative determinant of growth. We find that natural resource … effects can fully explain the negative effect of natural resource abundance on growth. …

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Natural Resources, Investment and Long-Term Income

Papyrakis, Dlisraios; Gerlagh, Reyer - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004

to knowledge creation, a feature based on endogenous growth theory. We analyze the link from resource income future …

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Assessing the Role of Microfinance in Fostering Adaptation to Climate Change

Agrawala, Shardul; Carraro, Maëlis - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

the 22 leading microfinance institutions in two climate vulnerable countries – Bangladesh and Nepal - are analysed to …

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