La politeness del leader migliora le prestazioni di un gruppo alle prese con un compito complesso, come risolvere assieme un problema o prendere una decisione in una riunione? e la politeness di partecipanti diversi dal leader? Si tratta di quesiti di notevole interesse pratico. Se la politeness...

This paper investigates the effect of counter-violence measures, adopted by Italian Government in 2007, on Italian Serie A gate attendance. Starting from the evidence of a negative trend in the average stadium presences, experienced by Italian football since the first 80s, an econometric...

Questo lavoro si pone come obiettivo quello di proporre una definizione di innovazione sociale utile per analizzare dei processi sociali che si sviluppano dal basso, attraverso l’azione trasversale di individui, per affrontare bisogni insoddisfatti dalle istituzioni tradizionali con l'utilizzo...

The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this hypothesis on a representative sample of the Italian...

Empirical studies have documented a decline in indicators of social participation in the last decades. The responsibility of social disengagement has been often attributed to pervasive busyness and the rising pressure of time. In this paper we argue that computer-mediated interaction, and...

We consider the optimal factor income taxation in a standard R&D model with technical change represented by an increase in the variety of intermediate goods. Redistributing the tax burden from labour to capital will increase the employment rate in equilibrium. This has opposite effects on two...