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Productivity spillovers and regional differences: some evidence on the italian manufacturing sector
This work examines the main theoretical and empirical interpretations regarding the effects of foreign direct investment on productivity of local firms and, in particular, in which way productivity spillovers are related to the existence of regional differences. By taking into consideration the Italian manufacturing sector and using cross-section data, we find that although at a national level productivity levels are higher in the domestic sectors where multinational firms account for larger shares, productivity spillovers are concentrated only in the north-western area of Italy.foreign direct investment; productivity spillovers
Banking System Efficiency and the Dualistic Development of the Italian Economy in the Nineties
The article provides an analysis of some features of the Italian Credit System in the Nineties. In particular, it focuses on a comparison of Banks efficiency â in terms of costs, revenues and profits â in Northern and Southern Italy taking into account the dualistic structure, which characterizes the Italian economic system.
Exporting quality: is it the right strategy for the Italian manufacturing sector?
ABSTRACT: Recently, most European manufacturing firms have been engaged in a number of innovative activities to survive the growing competition coming from newly-industrialising countries. Italian manufacturing industry, which relies largely on SMEs, is struggling to regain competitiveness in global markets. In light of these stylised facts, we first investigate whether innovating activities and quality goodsâ production enhance Italian SMEsâ probability to be exporter. Our findings suggest that both productsâ quality and innovative activities affect considerably SMEsâ likelihood to export. Subsequently, using the Chow test, we find evidence for a structural break produced by quality, which results in substantial differences between high and low-quality firms. The former are more likely to export if they introduce product innovation, marketing innovation and/or organisational changes, the latter increase their chances of exporting when introducing process innovations and organisational changes.SMEs, exports, innovative activities, quality, probit
First and Fifth Amendments - The Freedom to Associate and Due Process Clause - A State May Not Introduce at Capital Sentencing Evidence of Associational Preferences If Such Evidence Proves Nothing More Than Mere Abstract Beliefs - Dawson v. Delaware, 112 S. Ct. 1093 (1992).
Fourteenth Amendment, Section One - Equal Protection Clause - Prosecution\u27s Explanation for Exercising Peremptory Challenge Need Only Be Race-Neutral, Not Persuasive or Plausible, Where Intentional Racial Discrimination Is Alleged - Purkett v. Elem, 115 S. Ct. 1769 (1995) (per curiam).
LA GIUSTIZIA TRIBUTARIA TRA SPECIALITĂ ED ORDINARIETĂ
Il contenzioso tributario negli ultimi anni Ăš stato in costante crescita ,sia dal punto di vista del valore economico, che del numero dei procedimenti; d'altronde la rilevante percentuale di ricorsi per Cassazione evidenzia con chiarezza come tale tipo di contenzioso , che nella sua specificitĂ non Ăš soggetto ad alcun limite di competenza, abbia ormai un suo ruolo autonomo da tutti riconosciuto.
Alla vigilia dellâannunciata riforma della Giustizia Tributaria puĂČ pertanto essere opportuna una valutazione della problematica nell'ambito di una analisi sia economica, per ciĂČ che attiene ai problemi di efficienza e di produttivitĂ del sistema (al fine di evitare o almeno di limitare i cd "fallimenti di mercato"), sia giuridica , in considerazione degli aspetti procedurali propri del sistema stesso; inoltre una comparazione con l'esperienza di altri Paesi che hanno giurisdizioni vicine alla nostra puĂČ facilitare la individuazione di best practices da utilizzare.
In tale ottica complessiva si cercherĂ di evidenziare quali modifiche e nuovi meccanismi procedurali possono concorrere a migliorare la qualitĂ del sistema, con particolare attenzione alla fase che precede il giudizio, la quale a nostro avviso riveste una rilevanza significativa
Effects of Credit Risk and Banking Supervision on The Access to Credit in a Dualistic Economy: The Case of Southern Italy
In this article the authors discuss the effects of changes in bank regulation on the behavior of banks as regards their willingness to finance companies in Italy and in Southern Italy in particular. They at first examine the evolution of the Supervisory banking model and its impact on a dualistic economy like Southern Italy; then provide a statistical evidence of the access to credit in Italy according to different areas and regions and different bank size; finally, they conclude with some policy implications about the reshaping a virtuous relationship between banks and firms in Southern Italy
Magnesium isotopes: a tool to understand self-enrichment in Globular Clusters
A critical issue in the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) self-enrichment
scenario for the formation of multiple populations in Globular Clusters (GCs)
is the inability to reproduce the magnesium isotopic ratios, despite the model
in principle can account for the depletion of magnesium. In this work we
analyze how the uncertainties on the various p-capture cross sections affect
the results related to the magnesium content of the ejecta of AGB stars. The
observed distribution of the magnesium isotopes and of the overall Mg-Al trend
in M13 and NGC 6752 are successfully reproduced when the proton-capture rate by
25Mg at the temperatures 100 MK, in particular the 25Mg(p, gamma)26Alm channel,
is enhanced by a factor 3 with respect to the most recent experimental
determinations. This assumption also allows to reproduce the full extent of the
Mg spread and the Mg-Si anticorrelation observed in NGC 2419. The uncertainties
in the rate of the 25Mg(p,gamma)26Alm reaction at the temperatures of interest
here leave space for our assumption and we suggest that new experimental
measurements are needed to settle this problem. We also discuss the competitive
model based on the super massive star nucleosynthesis.Comment: accepted for publication on MNRA
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