Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the XLI Annual Scientific Conference held on line in September 2-4, 2020. The Web Conference contributed to motivate the scientific debate on the regional challenges and opportunities in times of crisis. A large number of contributions have investigated the...

In this study, we investigate the spatial agglomeration of the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) industry. We use detailed information on the convention venues characteristics and their spatial distribution to identify clusters by using the spatially constrained...

In this paper we enhance the literature exploring the forecasting capability of six alternatives GARCH-type models to predict volatility of four of the most traded cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Litecoin. The analysis is performed on daily data from 1st March 2016 to 28th...

What happens when high-frequency and high spatial detailed characteristics of data encounter long publication delays in forecasting problems? This paper emphasises the predictive power of Google Trends (GT) data, only strongly assessed, but not in the investigations of high-frequency tourism...

We evaluate whether adopting a well-known transition management instrument in the tourism industry can support a combined goal of sustainability and economic growth. We create a detailed dataset at the municipality level and use a recently developed policy evaluation technique to investigate the...

Exploring the main determinants of tourism participation at national and international level, the paper investigates if there are differences in tourism consumption behavior among Italian families which reflect disparities in their standard of living. To achieve this a Heckman model has been...

The paper analyses the causal effect of capital subsidies on firms? efficiency and productivity by exploiting the conditions for a local random experiment created by Law 488/92 (henceforth L488), which has been an important policy instrument for reducing territorial disparities in Italy. The...

Exploring the main determinants of tourism participation at national and international level, the paper investigates if there are differences in tourism consumption behavior among Italian families which reflect disparities in their standard of living. To achieve this a Heckman model has been...