This paper examines the impact of mass production on economic development in the United States and Sweden between the 1930s and early 1970s. It suggests that the historical experience in both countries can be used to illustrate a possible pathway for promoting progressive development of the...

I investigate the consequences of long-run persistence of a societies’ preference towards cultural goods. Historical cultural activity is approximated with the frequency of births of classical composers during the Renaissance and is linked with contemporary supply of cultural activities in...

I investigate the consequences of long-run persistency of a society’s preferences for cultural goods. Historical cultural activity is approximated with the frequency of births of music composers during the Renaissance and is linked with contemporary measures of cultural activity in Italian...

Il metodo proposto mira ad analizzare il contesto regionale europeo (UE 15), in base agli indicatori introdotti nel Rapporto di Primavera 2004, disponibili a livello regionale, e usati a livello europeo per valutare i progressi compiuti dai diversi paesi ed in questo caso per evidenziare le best...