The objective of this paper is to explore why some countries perform better than others in managing the current economic crisis, which started in 2007 in the US financial sector. I will elaborate on this question using the Crisis Management Index, taking into consideration GDP and labour market...

The objective of this paper is to show that the current global economic crisis, in which also Italy fell in 2008, represents just the last step of a long declining path for the Italian economy which began in the nineties, or to be more precise in 1992and 1993. In particular, I argue the reasons...

The objective of the paper is to show that the recovery from the current economic crisis in US and in EU requires a new policy paradigm and a new global governance. I argue that, contrary to the recent austerity policies in EU and US, a new level of government involvement is required in order to...

The aim of this paper is to analyse regional difference yield in terms of Human Development (HD) in Poland. During transition, western Polish regions grew more than eastern regions, and differences in terms of GDP per capita are evident. Nevertheless, higher GDP per capita in the West did not...

Abstract. Over the past decade, most emerging and transition economies are experiencing fast growth, which is above the world average, and a consistent institutional change. The aim of this paper is twofold. First of all, a cross-country analysis of a group of emerging and transition economies...

The paper analyses the changed development path of the metropolitan area of Rome. It aims to analyse the evolution and modernization of Rome in the last thirty years and to examine whether or not the consequent cultural regeneration promotes social cohesion. To this end we focus on both...

Transition economies (i.e. Central Eastern Europe Countries and Former Soviet Union Republics) have undergone an enormous transformation since 1989-1991. After the recession of the early 1990’s, some of these economies experienced a GDP recovery, at a different pace, with different outcomes in...

Il ruolo delle istituzioni economiche e del loro cambiamento, nell’analisi economica è stato a lungo sottovalutato o ignorato dagli economisti “main stream”. In questo saggio, dopo aver illustrato le necessarie definizioni che concernono l’economia istituzionalista e il loro ruolo...

The objective of this paper is to explore whether “the efficiency thesis” concerning the relation between welfare states and globalisation is functional for economic growth or, alternatively, whether “the compensation thesis” produces better results in terms of economic growth. The...

Questo saggio esplora la situazione del mercato del lavoro italiano, in un contesto europeo e comparato, dal punto di vista delle recenti trasformazioni contrattuali e sociali intervenuti. Si sostiene la necessità di trovare un raccordo, in Italia, tra la dimensione di flessibilità, ormai...