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Social Capital and Inequality in Italy
de Blasio, Guido - 2012
negative correlation between social capital and inequality. This chapter provides some empirical findings on Italy that confirm …
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The Quality of Public Services in Italy
Bripi, Francesco - 2011
This paper provides a survey of a number of studies conducted in recent years, above all at the Bank of Italy, aiming … at assessing the quality and the efficiency of public services in Italy. We consider services provided by the central … disposal, water and gas supply, and childcare). The analysis shows in general that Italy lags behind noticeably compared with …
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The Financial Systems in Russia and Turkey : Recent Developments and Challenges
Auer, Simone - 2017
Following the severe financial crises of the 1990s and early 2000s, substantial efforts have been undertaken in Russia and Turkey to diversify and deepen the financial systems. However, despite unquestionable improvements, financial deepening in Russia and Turkey has taken place at a slower pace...
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Tax Evasion, Firm Dynamics and Growth
Bobbio, Emmanuele - 2017
Italy's growth performance has been lacklustre in the last two decades. The economy has a low R&D intensity; firms are …
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Economic Reforms in China and India : Past and Future Challenges
Borin, Alessandro - 2016
In China and India broad economic reforms since the 1980s progressively opened to private initiative and international trade and were key contributors to their formidable growth patterns. Today, the positive effects of past liberalizations are fading and the two countries have reached a level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982253
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Europe 2020 and National Reforms : Economic Governance and Structural Reforms
Sestito, Paolo; Torrini, Roberto - 2012
Structural reforms are stressed in Europe 2020 as a tool for boosting economic growth and improving social cohesion. Yet tensions often arises between country specificities and goals, on one side, and pressures by partners and EU wide goals on the other side. The paper discusses the European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014169385
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Investimenti Diretti Esteri E Qualità Delle Istituzioni (Foreign Direct Investment and Institutional Quality)
Borin, Alessandro - 2015
time and complexity of procedures, rather than their costs, are key determinants in foreign investors' choices. Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028301
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The Italian Public Finances in the Period 1998-2007 : Temporary Factors, Medium-Term Trends and Discretionary Measures
Marino, Maria Rosaria - 2008
The paper examines the development of Italy's public finances after the consolidation period 1992-97, which secured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012723712
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(L’Unione (non) fa la forza? Alcune evidenze preliminari sull’associazionismo comunale in Italia) Is there strength in unity? Some preliminary evidence on inter-municipal cooperati...
Manestra, Stefano; Messina, Giovanna; Peta, Anna - 2019
Italy. Using information from multiple sources, we have built up an administrative database covering more than 500 municipal …
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Fiscal Policy and Growth : Do Financial Crises Make a Difference?
Afonso, António - 2012
In this paper we assess to what extent in the existence of a financial crisis, government spending can contribute to mitigate economic downturns in the short run and whether such impact differs in crisis and non crisis times. We use panel analysis for a set of OECD and non-OECD countries for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112392