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Regional and Sector Environmental Efficiency Empirical Evidence from Structural Shift-share Analysis of NAMEA data

Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009

This paper provides new empirical evidence on regional–national disparities in environmental efficiency, based on case studies of Italy and the Lazio region, which includes the city of Rome. Shift-share analyses provide evidence on the drivers of environmental efficiency and on sector...

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Pollution and the Efficiency of Urban Growth

Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a dynamic model of endogenous urban growth with two sectors of production. Production exhibits increasing returns to scale on aggregate. Urban environmental pollution, as a force that discourages agglomeration, is caused by domestic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230846

Measuring Gender Differences in Information Sharing Using Network Analysis: the Case of the Austrian Interlocking Directorship Network in 2009

Drago, Carlo; Aliberti, Livia Amidani; Carbonai, Davide - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014

In recent literature a relevant problem has been the relationship between career/personal contactnetworks and different career paths. In addition the recent advances in social capital theory have shown the way in which networks impact on personal careers. In particular women’s careers appear...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010813786

Does the Quality of Electricity Matter? Evidence from Rural India

Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Pelli, Martino; Marchand, Beyza Ural - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014

This paper estimates the returns to household income due to improved access to electricity in rural India. We examine the effect of connecting a household to the grid and the quality of electricity, defined as hours of daily supply. The analysis is based on two rounds of a representative panel...

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Path Dependence, Institutions and the Density of Economic Activities: Evidence from Italian Cities

Percoco, Marco - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

In recent years a growing body of literature has begun to consider the possible presence of path dependence in the development processes of countries. This phenomenon has always been recognized in regional and urban studies because the path of development almost naturally follows a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642141

Spatial Development

Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

We present a theory of spatial development. A continuum of locations in a geographic area choose each period how much to innovate (if at all) in manufacturing and services. Locations can trade subject to transport costs and technology diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540415

Trade and Geography in the Economic Origins of Islam: Theory and Evidence

Michalopoulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries, virtual countries and ethnic groups, exhibit highly unequal regional agricultural endowments. Second, Muslim adherence is systematically larger along the pre-Islamic trade...

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Analysing Regional Sustainability Through a Systemic Approach: The Lombardy Case Study

Caratti, Pietro; Ferraguto, Ludovico - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

The intrinsic complexity of the sustainability concept challenges research towards more sophisticated ways to model and assess the dimensions underlying it. However, currently adopted modelling techniques and indicators frameworks are not able to give an integrated assessment through the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423061

Social Capital, Public Spending and the Quality of Economic Development: The Case of Italy

Sabatini, Fabio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

correlation with bridging weak ties and a negative correlation with strong family ties. Particularly, the analysis shows a strong … correlation between informal ties and an indicator of “social well-being” (synthesizing gender equality, public services and …, health care, welfare work, and the environment protection is analysed, revealing a scarce correlation both with social …

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How to Measure the Unobservable: A Panel Technique for the Analysis of TFP Convergence

Liberto, Adriana Di; Mura, Roberto; Pigliaru, Francesco - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005

This paper proposes a fixed-effect panel methodology that enables us to simultaneously take into account both TFP convergence and the traditional neoclassical-type of convergence. We analyse a sample of Italian regions between 1963 and 1993 and find strong evidence that both mechanisms were at...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385411

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