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In this paper, we investigate on the determinants of the size of shadow economy (SE) in Latin America. While the analysis of economic causes of SE has been extensively studied in literature, here we offer a wider prospective. In addition to overall economic development, unemployment rate, and...
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This paper analyses both the recent transformations of capitalism in Latin America and the popular resistances of mass movements and class organizations. The revolutionary progresses observed on this continent are also examined, in particular the failure of the FTAA, the opening of the ALBA, the...
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Italian Abstract:Dall'inizio della sua presidenza, Xi Jinping ha progressivamente riorientato la politica estera al fine di meglio proteggere gli interessi cinesi nel mondo. A questo fine, Pechino ha significativamente aumentato la propria esposizione internazionale su vari fronti, alternando...
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Il lavoro esamina la relazione fra disuguaglianza e crescita nelle regioni italiane nel periodo 1990-2003. I risultati ottenuti confermano, in primo luogo, la congettura formulata dalla teoria economica più recente per cui una maggiore disuguaglianza nella distribuzione personale dei redditi...
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The paper explores into the empirical estimates of potential output currently produced by international economic institutions. As for the theoretical foundations of the notion, the paper endeavours to show how the shift from the Keynesian notion of potential output as a ceiling on actual...
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This paper examines German reunification from its inception. It shows that after the rapid expansion of the early years, former East Germany entered a phase of slow growth that made it impossible to bridge the gap with West Germany. Unemployment remains high, low growth rates appear ingrained,...
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In questo lavoro si investiga il nesso finanza-crescita aggregata in Italia nel periodo 1965-2002. Dopo una breve rassegna della letteratura teorico-empirica, il lavoro riporta i risultati di una indagine basata su regressioni di crescita in cui fattori come il tasso di investimento, il grado di...
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This paper aims at analyzing trends in TFP and labour productivity growth. Data Envelopment Analysis is used to estimate a technological frontier and to compare all nations to it. The estimation of Malmquist productivity index as TFP indicators allows to decompose labour productivity growth in...
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This paper proposes a new method to measure and analyse the typology of regional economic growth and convergence The model was originally developed by biologists in their study of morphological change of organisms. The paper investigates Italian regions using data of Gross Domestic Product per...
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