Economics of education is a relatively recent discipline which in Italy has a limited role in the matter of teaching both at academic and high school levels. Such a situation clearly clashes with the outstanding role of knowledge and ability peculiar to professional work in modern economic...

This paper documents the structural differences among advanced countries with regard to their long run carbon-income relationships. On the basis of a first application of intervention analysis to Environmental Kuznets curves, we show that time related effects, namely structural breaks, have been...

We present a joint theoretical-empirical investigation to assess the adoption by manufacturing firms of innovations aimed at increasing recycling and, consequently, reducing the use of material and waste in production processes. According to the recent emphasis on the 'external' factors...

Along the line of the Porter hypothesis, firm’s might react to and challenge environmental policy in a forward looking way. This needs a full restructuring of firm’s assets, technologies and competencies. We empirically show through a bivariate probit analysis of environmental...

Innovation is a key element behind the achievement of desired environmental and economic performances. Regarding CO2, mitigation strategies would require cuts in emissions of around 80-90% with respect to 1990 by 2050 in the EU. We investigate whether complementarity, namely integration, between...

We investigate the factors behind the almost unexplored realm of environmental innovation adoption in services, using an Italian dataset derived from CIS2008. It has been suggested the environmental innovations in services does not necessarily lead to greater sustainability. If services are...

We analyse the process of landfill diversion and separated collection, two pillars of a waste related performance in a country, by embedding the dynamics in a frame where economic, geographical and policy variables enter the arena. We aim at investigating in depth what main drivers may be...

In this study, statistical data series of public finances, relatively little-known, has been analyzed to determine the activity carried out by Italian municipal administrations during the period 2000-2012, by conducting some of their important functions, consisting of: first, granting permits...

The main International Financial Institutions and the systemic crisis in Europe: from Greece to Italy? This study is divided into two main parts: in the first part we present an overview as comprehensive as possible and updated of financial institutions that operate in the world and in Europe,...

The evolution of worldwide climatic conditions doubtless represents one of the major and uncertain challenges in the near future. The adaptation strategies might differ a lot according to local institutional, political and financial constraints but migration is certainly one of the main...