Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza la variabilità territoriale dei prezzi delle case, concentrandosi in particolare sul gradiente dal centro verso i quartieri e i comuni periferici. Le differenze lungo queste dimensioni nelle aree urbane sono ampie, anche più di quelle esistenti tra Centro...

Urban dynamics was studied during the eighties in terms of the so-called ‘urban life cycle theory’ which was launched by the Vienna group within the CURB (costs of urban growth) project. The main elements of this theory, as well as its limits, are already well known. It provides an elegant...

The paper analyzes the units of full-time employment (ULA) as estimated by ISTAT National Accounts. The cyclical analysis can highlight the role that irregular employment (dependent and independent) play on the dynamics of the Italian economy, emphasizing the relationship of substitution between...

Italian Abstract: La crisi finanziaria originata nel mercato dei mutui subprime nel 2011 ha contagiato il mercato dei titoli sovrani; la propagazione dei rischi (effetto contagio) è dovuta a cause economiche (i.e. eccessiva spesa pubblica e crescita povera) e per cause finanziarie (i.e....

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza come la scelta della valuta di fatturazione usata nelle transazioni internazionali dalle imprese italiane influenzi la trasmissione degli shock sui tassi di cambio alle strategie di prezzo e all’attività d’azienda. Le imprese che fatturano in euro...

The literature on Markov switching models is increasing and producing interesting results both at theoretical and applied levels. Most often the number of regimes, i.e., of data generating processes, is considered known; this strong hypothesis is adopted to somewhat bypass the nuisance parameter...

In this paper we examine under what circumstances the information accumulated during market closing time and conveyed to the price formation at market opening may be exploited to predict where the stock price will be at the end of the trading day. In our sample of three financial time series, we...

This paper estimates a pricing-to-market equation for Italy over the period 1990-99 with the aim of assessing the degree of exchange rate pass-through (ERPT). As compared to previous works, we minimize aggregation and selection biases using export data on all products (about 700 from 4 digits of...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza i divari territoriali nell’accesso al credito delle imprese tra il 2008 e il 2019 e descrive il funzionamento del mercato del credito nel Mezzogiorno. Il settore produttivo meridionale è caratterizzato da un maggiore rischio di credito; anche a parità di...

Pyramidal groups, in Italy and elsewhere, represent a model of separation of ownership and control. Pyramids typically have blockholders which extract private benefits of control at the expenses of minority shareholder. This paper focuses on the Italian case where the number of pyramids is...