La crisi finanziaria, iniziata nell'estate 2007 negli Usa e poi diffusasi per contagio nel resto del mondo, ha natura sistemica. Ne' di crisi congiunturale ne' di crisi regionale dunque si tratta. Essa e' il punto di arrivo, inevitabile, di un processo che da oltre trent'anni ha modificato alla...

Organizations can be categorized according to the nature of their owners, as either public or private organizations. Among private organizations, there is a subset of "other" organizations that are heterogeneous and have different legal structures, with diverse objectives. In Spain, these "other...

Quale tipo di relazione esiste tra economia e etica? Entrambe le discipline si occupano del comportamento umano, ma con diversita' di intenti: l'economista e' alla ricerca di quei principi che spiegano le interazioni di soggetti che vivono in societa' e che riguardano la produzione, lo scambio,...

This paper offers an overview of the main literature on civil social capital and its impact on economic growth. It points out, following Durlauf (2002), the econometric issues useful to improve future aggregate empirical studies on social capital.

The role of the nonprofit sector in the European Community is widely recognized by the Commission and European Parliament, which look to these organizations to promote the development and integration of EU citizens in activities relevant to the societies of member states. Recognizing the...

E' possibile pensare al volontariato non piu' soltanto come strumento per colmare le carenze del welfare state - come finora e' stato in gran parte - ma come un agire il cui senso e' quello di contribuire a cambiare il modo d'essere delle istituzioni economiche? E' intorno a questo interrogativo...

We set up a theoretical framework to analyze the possible role of economic growth and technical progress in the erosion of social capital. Under certain parameters, the relationship between technical progress and social capital can take the shape of an inverted U curve. We show the circumstances...

In this paper, we show that incorporating the relational dimension into an otherwise standard OLG model and focusing on dynamic leisure externalities leads to dramatically different predictions. Here we show that when the old perceive private and relational consumption as substitutable goods, a...

The paper aims to analyse the role covered by “Mutual Benefit Societies” (hereinafter MBSs – it. trans. “Mutue Sanitarie Integrative”) in terms of “social innovation” within the on-going changing of Italian welfare system. In fact, several of these organisations survived the last...

Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Social Responsibility activities. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives to financial incentives using an online real effort...