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The aim of this work is to arrive at a better understanding of the underlying reasons for the slow adoption of electronic payment instruments in Italy. Our findings indicate that a pivotal role in explaining Italy's lag in abandoning cash is played by development factors, such as innovative...
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Criminals worldwide typically use misreporting tricks of different sorts to exploit the transfer of goods between different countries for money laundering purposes. The main international anti-money laundering organisations started paying attention to this phenomenon, known as trade-based money...
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This paper explores the role of cash usage in feeding the underground economy by using a unique dataset that combines, at province level, official estimates of Italian firms’ underreporting with data on cash transactions drawn from the aggregate anti-money laundering reports filed to the...
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Italian Abstract: Il sostegno finanziario offerto da parenti o amici è aumentato con la crisi, sia in termini di frequenza, sia negli importi. Per i beneficiari, il sostegno della rete informale è di ammontare comparabile al ricorso al credito al consumo; la sua diffusione rimane tuttavia...
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This paper analyses aggregate household wealth in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, the UK and the US. Building on a new data set for the time span 1980-2011, we discuss the trends in household financial assets in the last thirty years, the reasons for differences across countries,...
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Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza l'andamento del valore di mercato dei derivati delle banche italiane utilizzando i conti finanziari e proponendo un confronto internazionale. Per il periodo che va dal primo trimestre del 2001 al terzo trimestre del 2008 è stata, inoltre, ottenuta una stima...
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We analyse the evolution of EU citizens' living standards, considering the EU as a single country. Average living standards have improved considerably as the European integration process has unfolded. EU28 income inequality has steadily declined, mostly as a result of the macroeconomic...
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Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza l'evoluzione della ricchezza delle famiglie in una prospettiva di lungo periodo, confrontando i cambiamenti del portafoglio finanziario e delle attività non finanziarie in Italia con le dinamiche di altre economie avanzate. In Italia la ricchezza reale è...
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The paper examines the disruption of statistics with the publication of the 2015 Ireland GDP at +26.3 per cent year on year. The figure was greeted by international disbelief. Ireland's statistical authorities reacted with the publication, for the main aggregates, of modified data in parallel...
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Italian Abstract: La filiera del settore immobiliare contribuisce per oltre un quinto al prodotto interno lordo; la sua rilevanza per il sistema bancario è ancora più elevata: il credito concesso alle imprese del comparto supera il 34 per cento dei finanziamenti al settore privato. La...
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