Too Different To Get Along: Inequality and Global Public Goods

We study how inequality affects the feasibility of an international agreement on the provision of an environmental public good in a two-country two-level political economy model. At the international level, two negotiators try to agree on the respective country's provision of the public good under different international equity rules, knowing that this agreement will need to be accepted by the median voter in each country. At the national level, agents' preferences for the public good depend on their relative income position, which implies that negotiators must also take into account the level of inequality within their country. We show that the feasibility of the agreement and the distribution of the gains from cooperation depends on the equity rule imposed, on the levels of within-country inequality, and on the level of cross-country inequality

A multilevel threshold public good perspective on place branding : evidence from Italy

This paper proposes a new interpretation of place brand as a multilevel threshold public good (MTPG) produced by the interaction of narratives from different geographical levels. Using an original dataset of Google trends and tweets from Italian provinces and regions, we test the hypothesis that place branding has a multilevel structure. We further test the MTPG framework applied to place branding, showing that place branding is influenced by different geographical levels which can trigger a spillover in terms of attractiveness if they contribute to crossing a threshold point. The results confirm the presence of a provision point in place branding, showing that the proposed MTPG framework fits the phenomenon. This article contributes to the literature on place branding and brands by providing a new lens through which to interpret the phenomenon, which may be useful for a better understanding and measuring of the interaction of branding strategies operating at different spatial scales

A multilevel threshold public good perspective on place branding: evidence from Italy

ABSTRACTThis paper proposes a new interpretation of place brand as a multilevel threshold public good (MTPG) produced by the interaction of narratives from different geographical levels. Using an original dataset of Google trends and tweets from Italian provinces and regions, we test the hypothesis that place branding has a multilevel structure. We further test the MTPG framework applied to place branding, showing that place branding is influenced by different geographical levels which can trigger a spillover in terms of attractiveness if they contribute to crossing a threshold point. The results confirm the presence of a provision point in place branding, showing that the proposed MTPG framework fits the phenomenon. This article contributes to the literature on place branding and brands by providing a new lens through which to interpret the phenomenon, which may be useful for a better understanding and measuring of the interaction of branding strategies operating at different spatial scales

Musei italiani del dopoguerra (1945-1977). Ricognizioni storiche e prospettive future

Gli anni della ricostruzione nel secondo dopoguerra hanno consegnato al Paese una stagione irripetibile del museo, rinnovato nella sua forma così come nei contenuti. Di quel periodo il volume intende fornire una riflessione storico-critica relativa alla tenuta odierna della proposta culturale e al contempo sui problemi di restauro e di rifunzionalizzazione di quei musei attualmente in corso. L’importanza, riconosciuta a livello internazionale, dei progetti di architetti quali Carlo Scarpa, Franco Albini, Franco Minissi, non sottrae infatti le istituzioni museali nate all’epoca dalle esigenze contemporanee di una loro riorganizzazione dettata da mutati livelli qualitativi e standard di comunicazione aggiornati.Quali possano essere le soluzioni da adottare, nel dovuto rispetto di quanto costituisce tuttora un modello esemplare della museologia e della museografia italiane, è quanto si propongono di verificare i saggi raccolti nel libro, tenendo conto del cambiamento radicale della missione del museo sempre più orientato verso un’ampia accessibilità, nuove pratiche e uno statuto nuovo delle proprie collezioni. Il volume raccoglie i contributi scientifici del primo anno del Corso di Alta Formazione di Museologia e Museografia tenuto a Palazzo Butera a Palermo nel 2020, diretto da Valter Curzi e organizzato dal Dipartimento SARAS dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza" in convenzione con Palazzo Butera, Francesca & Massimo Valsecchi Collection, con il patrocinio di Fondazione Roma Sapienza, MAXXI, SISCA