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An Exploration of the Link Between Development, Economic Growth, and Natural Risk
Hallegatte, Stéphane - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
This paper investigates the link between development, economic growth, and the economic losses from natural disasters … development and slower than income at high levels of development. In that case, increasing risk-taking reinforces economic growth …-taking is both a driver and a consequence of economic development, and should not be indiscriminately suppressed. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904902
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Work Values in Western and Eastern Europe
Torgler, Benno - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
The paper reports on work values in Europe. At the country level we find that job satisfaction is related to lower working hours, higher well-being, and a higher GDP per capita. Moving to the micro level, we turn our attention from job satisfaction to analyse empirically work centrality and work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421252
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Energy-Based Economic Development: Mapping the Developing Country Context
Carley, Sanya; Desai, Sameeksha; Bazilian, Morgan - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
Energy-based economic development (EBED) can provide economic, social and environmental benefits related to national … economic development and sustainable growth activities. As both policy and research interests in responsible mechanisms for … economic development grow, EBED benefits are becoming increasingly attractive to planners in both developed and developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541203
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Autocracies and Development in a Global Economy: A Tale of Two Elites
Akerman, Anders; Larsson, Anna; Naghavi, Alireza - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
a political economy explanation of these diverging paths of development by addressing the preferences of the country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320995
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Development Accounting with Intermediate Goods
Grobovšek, Jan - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
Do intermediate goods help explain relative and aggregate productivity differences across countries? Three observations suggest they do: (i) intermediates are relatively expensive in poor countries; (ii) goods industries demand intermediates more intensively than service industries; (iii) goods...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421237
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603761
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008029
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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 … descriptive statistics, combined and supported by probit analysis, seem to stress the focal role of economic development as one of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584503
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The Fight Against Geography: Malaria and Economic Development in Italian Regions
Percoco, Marco - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
Geography has long been considered as a fundamental prerequisite for economic development and growth. In recent years … development by considering it as a source of “intrinsic advantage”. Malaria is considered to be strictly related to poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828398
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The Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development: A Critical Perspective
Sabatini, Fabio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
empirical literature on social capital and economic development. The survey points out six main weaknesses affecting the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230901