Endogenous growth has set a new paradigm for macroeconomic analysis. This paper overviews the most relevant theoretical contributions of this literature for the analysis of open economies, highlighting their implications both for the effects of cross-country integration on output convergence and...

I present an endogenous growth model that studies the effects of local inter-industry and intra-industry knowledge spillovers in R&D on the allocation of economic activities between two regions. The equilibrium is the result of a tension between a centripetal force, the cost of transporting...

I present an endogenous growth model that studies the effects of local inter-industry and intra-industry knowledge spillovers in R&D on the allocation of economic activities between two regions. The equilibrium is the result of a tension between a centripetal force, the cost of transporting...

The recent financial crisis has clearly shown that the relationship between bank internationalization and risk is complex. Previous scholars have argued that multinational banks benefit from portfolio diversification because it reduces their overall riskiness. However, researchers have radically...

The theoretical literature has discussed different channels through which foreign direct investments (FDI) promote host country's economic growth, but empirical analyses have so far been inconclusive. In this paper we provide evidence that FDI have a positive and statistically significant growth...

This paper examines whether multinational banks have a stabilising or a destabilising role during times of financial distress. With a focus on Europe, it looks at how these banks' foreign affiliates have been faring during the recent financial crisis. It finds that retail and corporate lending...

The paper compares the essential features of the Italian banking system with those of the other large euro-area countries. The analysis focuses on banks' size, ownership and competitiveness, their role in financing firms, the composition of their balance sheets and their degree of...

The recent financial crisis has clearly shown that the relationship between bank internationalization and risk is complex. Multinational banks can benefit from portfolio diversification, reducing their overall riskiness, but this effect can be offset by incentives going in the opposite...

The theoretical literature has discussed different channels through which foreign direct investments (FDI) promote host country's economic growth, but empirical analyses have so far been inconclusive. In this paper we provide evidence that FDI have a positive and statistically significant growth...

Since the beginning of the financial crisis, multinational banks have been accused of being among the major causes of the financial system's destabilization. But the available empirical evidence on the relationship between international diversification, value creation and riskiness of financial...