The discussion around the adequateness of the Constitution to the current economic setting is still ongoing. To see where, this discussion will lead eventually, it is interesting to compare the Italian decentralization process with a similar process undertaken in Belgium. This contribution...

The crisis of the 'chaise vide' (empty chair), July 1965-January 1966, represented the greatest danger of break-up for the EEC. Its fundamental cause was the collision between two opposite ideas about the process of European integration: the view of intergovernmental, confederal cooperation, as...

In the last decade the Italian economy has underperformed compared both with the previous decades and with the main European countries. It is widely acknowledged that this evolution reflects unresolved structural problems, which have become more urgent in view of the major changes in the world...

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,...

Italian Abstract: In questo saggio vengono esaminati gli effetti di ampie manovre di politica di bilancio, ovvero di un consolidamento e di uno stimolo fiscale nei diciotto stati membri dell'Eurozona, in un periodo di riferimento che va dal 1980 al 2015. L'evidenza empirica dimostra che nel caso...

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...