This study proposes a comparative analysis at regional level, of concentration level of expenditure co-financed by the Structural Funds in the programming period 2007/13. For main types of expenditure, we evaluate by the concentration index of Herfindahl-Hirschman the level of concentration of...

The debate regarding the issue of incentives for service firms has intensified due to the persistence of a stagnation phase of the Italian economy that has driven operators to request additional assistance to support their economic activities. In this scenario, it is interesting to see how the...

In this article, we present a new methodology to develop bootstrap estimates of a social accounting matrix (SAM), by combining entropy minimization and Monte Carlo simulation techniques. An application is presented to the Italian economy, demonstrating how a set of policy measures can be...