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Italian Abstract: Gli sviluppi tecnologici hanno consentito di sfruttare risorse di idrocarburi prima inesplorate. Il fenomeno ha finora innescato rapidi mutamenti del mercato energetico solo negli Stati Uniti, grazie all'abbondanza delle riserve ma anche all'esenzione dalle normative ambientali...
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Italian Abstract: Il lavoro fornisce un contributo di ordine metodologico alla misura dell’adeguatezza delle infrastrutture presenti in una data area. Rispetto ad altre analisi basate su indicatori fisici o di spesa pubblica – che offrono una visione unidimensionale, talvolta fuorviante,...
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This paper supplies elements for assessing the costs and benefits of electronuclear energy in order to pursue three objectives: security of supply, cost reduction, and environmental sustainability. The study reached the following conclusions: 1) the use of nuclear energy increases the...
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Recent regulation on waste fees establishes the change from tax to tariff to cover the total management cost of the collection and selection services. It does not consider the external costs (externalities). This causes a distortion in the system of relative prices. In this paper, we focus on...
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The modernization of the solid waste management sector prompted by the Ronchi decree of 1997 has proceeded slowly and is far from being completed. Regional differentials in the effectiveness of local policies and in the efficiency of waste collection and disposal firms are still large. Southern...
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Il lavoro riconsidera l'andamento della produttivita' industriale in Italia nel decennio precedente la crisi, impiegando un vasto database di microdati di impresa. Particolare attenzione eÃƒÄ dedicata all‚Äôevoluzione della produttivitaÃƒÄ dei principali comparti della manifattura...
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The debate in Italy on the recent disappointing performance of GDP growth has focused on the increasing competitive pressure exerted by firms located in the developing countries and specialized in key product sectors of Italian manufacturing. This paper contributes by explicitly quantifying the...
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The paper assesses whether the monthly returns of the listed shares of Italian banks are predicted by changes in balance-sheet indicators. The sample covers the period from January 1997 to June 2003. Estimates use both unadjusted and risk-adjusted returns. Results show that the stock returns of...
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Il presente lavoro intende in prima battuta analizzare l'efficienza dei sistemi sanitari regionali sulla base della qualità percepita dai pazienti. Quest'ultima è stata calcolata sulla mobilità interregionale: flusso dei pazienti extra-regione (immigrati o mobilità positiva) confrontato con...
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The paper compares Italian and American households� wealth in 1998. The analysis is based on the Survey on Household Income and Wealth (Bank of Italy) and on the Survey of Consumer Finances (Federal Reserve Board). Tangible assets appear to be the main wealth component in both countries. In...
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