Opinions in economic theory about the role of family firms are divergent. Trust among family members may mitigate agency pro-blems within the firm, but limit its growth due to the lack of both financial and managerial resources. In order to identify the existence of differences between family...

This paper uses information on prices of goods and services at the municipal level to study the effect of immigration on the price level in Italy from 2005 to 2009. The empirical analysis shows that the increasing number of immigrants has reduced the prices of goods and services. This effect is...

In recent years, in Italy, the analysis of economic disparities at a regional level received much attention. In spite of this, improvements in quantitative analyses have not been adequately supported by new data releases. Adopting a procedure firstly developed by Di Fonzo [21], Italian main...