Investigating on the reasons of British overseas investments (1850-1913) we analyze two different approaches on data concluding that they are not different from a stochastic view. Inquiring on ‘push’ approach, we find that exists negative correlation between GDP and overseas...

Italian Abstract: In questo lavoro si presenta una ricostruzione storica degli andamenti dell’economia italiana e delle due macroaree del Paese, il Centro Nord e il Mezzogiorno, a partire dagli anni cinquanta e si propongono degli scenari di crescita alla luce delle proiezioni demografiche...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro ricostruisce le serie storiche annuali degli aggregati monetari italiani. Rispetto a contributi precedenti, dedicati a periodi circoscritti dell'economia italiana, il lavoro copre l'intervallo 1861-2014; migliora la qualità di serie storiche del passato e fornisce...

Incomes policy started with the San Valentine's decree of 1984, which marks the beginning of the process that led to the abolishment of Scala Mobile and reached its peak with the Protocollo d'intesa of 1993. The work proposes to study by cointegration analysis the effects of incomes policy on...

We briefly describe the evolution of the global process of capitalist accumulation during the neoliberal decades, to stress the “real causes” of the current crisis. This analysis leads to the search for a radical alternative to “austerity”, that is the economic policy approach tied to an...

The study of the relationship between immigration, organized crime and economic development is a subject of great interest particularly in countries affected by large migration flows. The aim of this paper is to analyze and define general guidelines for the relationship between immigration and...

This paper describes the functioning of a currency board within the socio-economic context in which it operates. Special focus is given to the macroeconomic implications of a currency board system compared to a central bank system. In particular the author describes the principles regulating a...

This paper aims to analyze, in a first part, the economic policy carried out by the Christian Democracy from the post WWII until the early Sixties; in a second part, the goal is to trace the debate inside this party to highlight the different positions taken by its members in order to understand...