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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth
Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni +2 more
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Italian urban systems: a delimitation [PDF]
There is a missing concept in the Italian planning tradition: the delimitation of Urban Systems. The laws of the European countries all provide some kind of delimitation for the 'Built Areas', in Italy there are no official boundaries for what it is ...
Madella, Remo, Rabino, Giovanni
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The Impact of Parenthood on the Gender Gap in Italy
LABOUR, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the impact of parenthood on labor market outcomes for men and women in Italy. We perform two analyses. First, we use a fixed effects framework to examine the impact of marriage and childbearing on labor market outcomes separately for men and women.
Salvatore Di Salvo, Steven Stillman
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Engineering ReportsProcess simulation is a powerful tool in the Process Systems Engineering (PSE) field, in particular for optimization tasks. However, the computational times involved in these activities may become prohibitive for complex processes.
Luis Felipe Sánchez +2 more
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Perspective study: governance for C2C [PDF]
, 2010 This perspective study will serve as frame of reference for follow-up activities and exchanges both within and outside the Cradle to Cradle Network (C2CN) and it aims to reflect the current challenges and opportunities associated with implementing a ...
Dewulf, A., Hovelynck, J., Sips, K.
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Administrative restructuring is an organizational phenomenon suggested to improve under‐represented groups' managerial representation by disrupting networks and institutions. However, extant tests of a ‘disruption hypothesis’ are collectively inconclusive. We elaborate and test it with a qualitative‐to‐quantitative study of local health agency
Rebecca A. E. Kirley, Carlotta Varriale
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Dynamic macroeconomic effects of public capital: evidence from regional Italian data [PDF]
This paper assesses the effects of public capital in Italy on the main macroeconomic aggregates: GDP, private capital and labour. A cointegrated vector autoregressive (VAR) model, in line with recent advancements in the field, allows us to take into ...
Giacinto Micucci +2 more
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Regional policy and the implementation of subsidiarity [PDF]
, 2012 The aim of this study is to examine the regional policy and the governance model of Lombardy and to highlight the most important factors of its success and to address the relevant risks.
Lóránd, Balázs
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Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In times of crisis, maintaining citizens' trust in government is crucial for policy legitimacy. Yet, research on how institutional design shapes trust under crisis conditions remains limited. This study addresses this gap by examining how the delegation of authority and the degree of institutional independence of public health agencies relate ...
Jana Gómez Díaz
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GEOmedia, 2010 Lombardy Geoportal Region Lombardy is setting up the regional SDI in the INSPIRE perspective, involving both local Public Administrations and the private sector in the process of disseminating and sharing the geographic data and services available in ...
Donata Del Puppo, Marco Panebianco
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