The term virtual water refers to the volume of water used in the production of a commodity or service. Accordingly, virtual water ‘trade’ is the amount of water ‘embedded’ in commodities being transferred from one place to another as a consequence of trade. This paper argues that the...

The aim of this work is analyzing the practical relevance, from a qualitative perspective, of a new methodology which is intended to include firm heterogeneity, as modeled by Melitz (2003), in computable general equilibrium effects. We assess to what extent the inclusion of industries with...

<i> Interconnessione e competizione nella rete Internet </i> (di Carlo Cambini, Roberto Roson) - ABSTRACT: In this paper, we provide an economic analysis of the market for Internet infrastructure services. Our objective is to survey the rather limited economic literature available on this subject (and,...