Research on social capital in general and trust in particular is markedly increased. The worldwide problem of low and decreasing levels of trust in many public institutions is greatly debated. This is a very important problem because the trust citizens have in public institutions may foster...

The multisample version of the Cucconi rank test for the two-sample location-scale problem is proposed. Even though little known, the Cucconi test is of interest for several reasons. The test is compared with some Lepage-type tests. It is shown that the multisample Cucconi test is slightly more...

The role played by the University within the city of Ferrara is central. The aspects related to culture and learning are important as well as those related to society and economy. In order to evaluate all these aspects, the University of Ferrara has set up a sample survey on its students. In the...