Using data from a Bank of Italy survey, this paper analyzes the Italian taxi market and its recent changes. Local regulations are rather homogeneous, while there is a widespread disproportion, within municipal advisory committees, between the number of representatives of taxi drivers and that of...

The paper studies the impact of foreign ownership on a firm's economic performance. We use a unique panel dataset to test the foreign ownership premium by comparing our sample of firms based in Italy and owned by a foreign subject with a sample of purely domestic firms that, in order to have a...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro presenta alcune analisi su IDE e scambi internazionali di servizi basate sui microdati sottostanti alle statistiche di bilancia dei pagamenti. I microdati sono in grado di evidenziare e mitigare alcuni limiti informativi delle statistiche ufficiali, ormai non più...

This paper shows the results of a survey on firms regarding the changes that are occurring in the bank-firm relationship in view of Basel II. The survey has been conducted on an national basis together with a local one directed to small firms localized in the regions of Emilia-Romagna, Puglia...

This work uses input-output techniques to analyse the value added content of the interregional and international trade of Italian regions, which are characterized by marked differences in their level of development and production structure. Regions differ from one another in their degree of...

This paper presents a quantitative and analytical documentation to the debate on taxi service liberalization. The results of a survey of the Bank of Italy on the main Italian cities show that the supply of taxi is much lower than that of other foreign cities. The paper gives also some...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro presenta un quadro delle statistiche disponibili sull’internazionalizzazione del sistema produttivo italiano. Le diverse fonti disponibili sono messe a confronto in termini di completezza, coerenza e compatibilità, tempestività degli aggiornamenti, frequenza e...

This work compares cooperatives with other firms along two lines: (1) a description of structural development; and (2) a comparison of the strategies in response to the changes in the competitive environment in the last decade. Between 2001 and 2009, compared with other types of firms, Italian...