The purpose of this paper is a comparative analysis of economic and technological performances of different countries. Data from Eurostat are used. The methodology applies descriptive statistics, correlation, regression and cluster analyses. The main results are: the best economic performance...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between public and private funding for research. Data from Eurostat are used. The methodology applies descriptive statistics, correlation, regression and cluster analyses. The main results are: public funding for research crowds out...

This study analyses, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects in productivity (product per worker), at economic sectors level of the NUTs III of mainland Portugal, from 1995 to 1999 and from 2000 to 2005 (taking in count the data availability and the Portuguese...

This paper offers an overview of the main literature on civil social capital and its impact on economic growth. It points out, following Durlauf (2002), the econometric issues useful to improve future aggregate empirical studies on social capital.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between public and private research funding. Data from Eurostat are used. The methodology applies econometric models based on regression analyses. The main results are: public R&D expenditure is a complement for private R&D one, but the...

Italian Abstract: Prendendo spunto da un recente saggio di Giorgio Napolitano, l'articolo individua i motivi istituzionali dell'attuale crisi della zona euro che pongono a repentaglio la stessa sopravvivenza della moneta comune. In particolare l'articolo inquadra l'Unione economica e monetaria...

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...

Italian Abstract: L'articolo fornisce un ritratto di Paolo Sylos Labini come riformatore, ispirato dallo scopo di cambiare la società attraverso "riforme strutturali" graduali che riducessero le disuguaglianze e allargassero la libertà.Testo del discorso tenuto alla conferenza "Paolo Sylos...