D<sc>ow</sc> S., M<sc>ontagnoli</sc> A. and N<sc>apolitano</sc> O. Interest rates and convergence across Italian regions, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evidence for economic convergence across Italian regions using trends in interest rate spreads and premia as indicators of regional...

The aim of the paper is to estimate the effects of structural public balance adjustment on growth in 25 OECD countries with special attention to selected Eurozone countries in the years 2000–2013. The estimates show a positive effect of discretionary fiscal policy on GDP growth and support the...

This paper investigates whether monetary policy has asymmetric effects on stock returns of the EUM countries at aggregate levels and, for six industry portfolios in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands respectively. In this work, a different measures of monetary policy innovation is...