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The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Growing Hyper-technological Economy
Antoci, Angelo; Sabatini, Fabio; Sodini, Mauro - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
basically depends on material and relational goods, we show that the best-case scenarios hold when technology and social capital … technology and social interaction balance one another in fostering the growth of both the social and the private sector of the … economy. Along such tracks, technology may play a crucial role in supporting a “socially sustainable” economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642149
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Return on Investment from Industrial Energy Efficiency: Evidence from Developing Countries
Alcorta, Ludovico; Bazilian, Morgan; Simone, Giuseppe De; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
Energy efficiency is a foundation of any good energy policy. The economic, security, and environmental benefits of energy efficiency have been recognized for decades. We explore energy efficiency policy insights derived from survey work in developing countries in 119 projects across nine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552194
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Environmental Regulation and Industry Location
Mulatu, Abay; Gerlagh, Reyer; Rigby, Dan; Wossink, Ada - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
This paper estimates the effect of environmental regulation on industry location and compares it with other determinants of location such as agricultural, education and R&D country characteristics. The analysis is based on a general empirical trade model that captures the interaction between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008028
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SME Performance, Innovation and Networking Evidence on Complementarities for a Local Economic System
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Mancinelli, Susanna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007
The paper addresses the relevancy of networking activities and R&D as main drivers of productivity performance and ouput innovation, for small and medium enterprises (SME) playing in a local economic system. Given the intangible nature of many techno organisational innovation and networking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230829
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A Politico-Economic Model of Aging, Technology Adoption and Growth
Prarolo, Giovanni; Lancia, Francesco - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007
regimes associated with different predictions about life expectancy evolution, educational investment dynamics, and technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005570325
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On the Green Side of Trade Competitiveness? Environmental Policies and Innovation in the EU
Costantini, Valeria; Mazzanti, Massimiliano - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
This paper aims to explore how the competitiveness of the EU economy, here captured by export dynamics over the medium run (1996-2007), has been affected by environmental regulation both on the public and private sector side. The strong and weak versions of the Porter hypothesis are tested by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642160
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ETS and Technological Innovation: A Random Matching Model
Antoci, Angelo; Borghesi, Simone; Sodini, Mauro - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
technology or keep on using the old technology that requires pollution permits to operate and that the strategy whose expected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904915
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Human Capital, Innovation, and Climate Policy: An Integrated Assessment
Carraro, Carlo; Cian, Enrica De; Tavoni, Massimo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
This paper looks at the interplay between human capital and innovation in the presence of climate and educational policies. Using recent empirical estimates, human capital and general purpose R&D are introduced in an integrated assessment model that has been extensively applied to study climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904922
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Leadership and International Climate Cooperation
Schwerhoff, Gregor - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
Which kind of reaction can a nation or group of nations expect when leading by example in climate policy? This literature survey describes possible positive reaction mechanisms from different fields of economics, some of which have scarcely been linked to climate economics previously. One effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904926
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E-participation: Social Capital and the Internet
Sabatini, Fabio; Sarracino, Francesco - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
Studies in the social capital literature have documented two stylised facts: first, a decline in measures of social participation has occurred in many OECD countries. Second, and more recently, the success of social networking sites (SNSs) has resulted in a steep rise in online social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941053