This work presents original results regarding the relationship between economic life and organised crime in Italy. This empirical study is underpinned by some theoretical insights drawn from conflict and rent-seeking theories. Then the paper presents a panel analysis including the twenty Italian...

The aim of this paper is to study the interdependence of military spending between US and a panel of European countries in the period 1988-2013. The empirical estimation is based on a: (i) a unit root tests and a cointegration analysis; (ii) FMOLS and DOLS estimations. General results highlight...

This paper empirically investigates the economic correlates of the size of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF). We exploit a panel of 28 SWFs for the period 2008-2018. Findings highlight that: (i) GDP is positively associated with the size of the SWF so confirming that richer countries have larger...