Research Papers

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Institutional quality and bioeconomy performance in European countries: Unveiling the evidence (joint with P.M. Falcone), Ecological Economics, 220, pp. 1-10, 108188, 2024. (article)

2. Does Regulatory Quality Reduce Informal Economy? A Theoretical and Empirical Framework (joint with A. Papaccio), Social Indicators Research, pp. 1-27, 2024. (article)

3. Cross country comparisons of environmental efficiency under institutional quality. Evidence from European economies (joint with P.M. Falcone), Journal of Economic Studies, pp. 1-37, 2023. (article)

4. A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy (joint with A. Papaccio), Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, pp. 1-37, 2023. (article) 

5. Institutional quality and public spending in Europe: A quantile regression approach (joint with N. Ruggiero), Economics & Politics, pp. 1-71, 2023. (article)

6. Research and knowledge transfer performance in Colombian universities (joint with M.Y. Castro‐Peña, J. Gabalán Coello), Quality & Quantity, pp. 1-20, 2023. (article)

7. Universities, Local Economic Productivity and Quality of Institutions: Evidence From Italy (joint with A. Amendola, R. Zotti), International Regional Science Review, 46(2), pp. 179-209. 2023. (article)

8. Governmental stability and emigration in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of skills and gender (joint with N. Ruggiero), Journal of Economic Studies, pp. 1-17, 2022. (article)

9. Bank-specific factors and credit risk: evidence from Italian banks in different local markets  (joint with N. Ruggiero), Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 31(3), pp. 316-350, 2022. (article)

10. Government effectiveness and inequality in Italian regions (joint with A. Papaccio, N. Ruggiero), Economic Change and Restructuring, 56(2), pp. 781-801, 2022. (article)

11. Basel Accords and Banking Inefficiency: Evidence from the Italian Local Market (joint with A. Papaccio, N. Ruggiero), International Journal of Finance and Economics, 28, pp. 4079-4119, 2022. (article)

12. Corruption and Firms’ Efficiency: International Evidence using an Instrumental Variable Approach (joint with L. Aldieri, N. Ruggiero, C.P. Vinci), Economia Politica, 40(2), pp. 731-759, 2022. (article)

13. How do Dimensions of Institutional Quality improve Italian Regional Innovation System Efficiency? The Knowledge production function using SFA (joint with N. Ruggiero), Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 32(2), pp. 591-642. 2022. (article)

14. Exploring Hospital Efficiency within and between Italian Regions: New Empirical Evidence (joint with R. Lagravinese, R. Zotti), Journal of Productivity Analysis, 57(3) pp. 269-284, 2022. (article)

15. Quality of Government and Types of Innovation. Empirical Evidence for Italian Manufacturing Firms (joint with N. Ruggiero), Journal of the Knowledge Economy, pp. 1-41, 2022. (article)

16. What matters in Educational Performance? Evidence from OECD and non‐OECD countries (joint with M. Boccia), Quality & Quantity, 56(6), pp. 4335-4395, 2022. (article)

17. On the impact of knowledge and institutional spillovers on RIS efficiency. Evidence from Italian regional level (joint with N. Ruggiero), Growth and Change, 53, pp. 702-752, 2021. (article)

18. Gender differences in weight status and early school leaving in Italy (joint with A. Barone), Regional Science Policy & Practice, 14, pp. 644-666 , 2021. (article)

19. The effects of university academic research on firm’s propensity to innovate at local level: evidence from Europe (joint with O.W. Maietta, R. Zotti), Journal of Technology Transfer, 46, pp. 483-530, 2021. (article)

20. The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks (joint with N. Ruggiero), Empirical Economics, 60, pp. 2293-2322, 2021. (article)

21. Firm innovation and local bank efficiency in Italy: Does the type of bank matter? (joint with N. Ruggiero), Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, pp. 1-46, 2021. (article)

22. Market Structure and Financial Stability: the Interaction between Profit-Oriented and Mutual Cooperative Banks in Italy (joint with A. Amendola, M. Boccia, A. Papaccio), Journal of Financial Services Research, 60(2), pp. 235-259, 2021. (article)

23. Green energies, employment, and institutional Quality: Some evidence for the OECD (joint with L. Aldieri, N. Ruggiero, C.P. Vinci), Sustainability, 13, 3252, 2021. (article)

24. Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas (joint with R. Zotti), Empirical Economics, 62(1), pp 1951-1979. (article)

25. Weight status and depression in Italy: Evidence from the second wave of the European health interview survey (joint with A. Barone), Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 34(2), pp. 193-227, 2021. (article)

26. Do microeconomic and macroeconomic factors influence Italian bank credit risk in different local markets? Evidence from cooperative and non-cooperative banks (joint with N. Ruggiero), Journal of Economics and Business, 114(C), 105976, 2020.  (article)

27. Does graduate human capital production increase local economic development? An instrumental variable approach (joint with A. Amendola, R. Zotti), Journal of Regional Science, 60(5), pp. 959-994, 2020. (article)

28. Innovative performance effects of institutional quality: An empirical investigation from the Triad (joint with L. Aldieri, N. Ruggiero, P.C. Vinci), Applied Economics, 52(50), pp. 5464-5476, 2020. (article)

29. The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks (joint with N. Ruggiero), Empirical Economics, 60, pp. 2293-2322, 2020. (article)

30. Short- and long-term relation between economic development and government spending: the role of quality of institutions (joint with N. Ruggiero, R. Zotti), Applied Economics, 52(9), pp. 987-1009, 2020. (article)

31. Market power and stability of financial institutions: Evidence from the Italian banking sector (joint with R. Zotti), Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 28(2), pp. 235-265, 2019. (article)

32. The joint impact of different types of innovation on firm's productivity: Evidence from Italy (joint with L. Aldieri, C.P. Vinci, R. Zotti), Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 30(2), pp. 151-182, 2019. (article)

33. Are green energies employment friendly? Empirical evidence for some OECD countries over the 1985–2013 period (joint with N. Ruggiero), Sustainability, 11(14), 3963, 2019. (article)

34. Cooperation, diffusion of technology and environmental protection: a new index (joint with G. Bimonte, L. Senatore), Quality & Quantity, 53(4), pp. 1913-1940, 2019. (article)

35. Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities' efficiency on local economic development 2006−2012 (joint with T. Agasisti, R. Zotti), Journal of Regional Science, 59(9), pp. 819-849, 2019. (article)

36. Academic excellence, local knowledge spillovers and innovation in Europe (joint with O.W. Maietta, R. Zotti), Regional Studies, 53(7), pp. 1050-1069, 2019. (article)

37. The role of human capital in identifying the drivers of product and process innovation: empirical investigation investigation from Italy (joint with L. Aldieri, C.P. Vinci), Quality & Quantity, 53(3), pp. 1209-1238, 2018. (article)

38. Bank performance, financial stability and market concentration: Evidence from cooperative and non-cooperative banks (joint with R. Zotti), Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 90(1), pp. 1209-1238, 2019. (article)

39. Does econometric methodology matter to rank universities? An analysis of Italian higher education system (joint with R. Lagravinese, R. Zotti), Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 62(C), pp. 104-120, 2018.(article)

40. Investigating the non-linearity between national income and environmental pollution. International evidence of Kuznets curve (joint with R. Zotti), Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 20(1), pp. 179-210, 2018. (article)

41. The contribution of university, private and public sector resources to Italian regional innovation system in(efficiency) (joint with R. Zotti), The Journal of Technology Transfer, 43(2), pp. 432-457, 2018. (article)

42. Innovation and university-firm R&D collaboration in the European food and drink industry (joint with O.W. Maietta, R. Zotti), Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68(3), pp. 749-780, 2017. (article)

43. Investigating the human capital-growth nexus. Does the efficiency of universities matter? (joint with R. Zotti), International Regional Science Review, 40(6), pp. 638-678, 2017. (article)

44. What we can learn from the use of student data in efficiency analysis within the context of higher education? (joint with R. Zotti), Tertiary Education and Management, 23(3), pp. 276-303, 2017.(article)

45. A directional distance approach applied to higher education: An analysis of teaching-related output efficiency (joint with R. Zotti), Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 87(2), pp 145-173, 2016. (article)

46. Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity (joint with T. Agasisti, R. Zotti), Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 55(C), pp. 47-58, 2016.(article)

47. Managerial efficiency in higher education using individual versus aggregate level data. Does the choice of decision making units count? (joint with R. Zotti), Managerial and Decision Economics, 37(2), pp. 106-126, 2016. (article)

48. Measuring efficiency in higher education: An empirical study using a bootstrapped data envelopment analysis (joint with R. Zotti), International Advances in Economic Research, 22(1), pp. 11-33, 2016. (article)

49. On the causal effect of religion on life satisfaction using a propensity score matching technique (joint with N. Speziale, R. Zotti), International Journal of Social Economics, 43(10), pp. 1031-1048. (article)

50. On the relationship between efficiency, capitalization and risk: Does management matter in local banking market? (joint with G. Bimonte, R. Zotti), Applied Economics, 48(41), pp. 3912-3934, 2016. (article)

51. Risk and regulation: A difference-in-differences analysis for Italian local banks (joint with S. Destefanis, G. Lubrano-Lavadera). Finance Research Letters, 17(C), pp. 25-32, 2016. (article)

52. Did fiscal institutions affect Wagner’s law in Italy during 1951-2009 period? An empirical analysis (joint with G. Bimonte, P. Spennati), Applied Economics, 47(59), pp. 6409–6424, 2015. (article)

53. Financial development and economics growth: Evidence from highly disaggregated Italian data (joint with S. Destefanis, G. Lubrano-Lavadera), Applied Financial Economics, 24(24), pp. 1605-1615, 2014. (article)

54. Governance and efficiency of fiscal institutions (joint with G. Bimonte, P. Spennati), Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 11(3), pp. 22-27, 2014. (article)

ITALIAN JOURNAL AND BOOK PUBLICATIONS

1. Obesity and early school leaving in EU countries: Evidence of health behaviours using an instrumental variable approach (joint with A. Barone), Economia & Lavoro, pp. 50-82, 2023. (article)

2. Employment and depressive symptoms in Italy: the need for policy measures (joint with A. Barone), Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2, pp. 323-362, 2022. (article)

3. Disentangling faculty efficiency from students’ effort (joint with S. Destefanis, V. Sena, R. Zotti), Vanthienen J., De Witte  K. (Eds.), Data Analytics Applications in Education, Taylor and Francis: London, pp. 105-127, 2017. (online version)

4. Il ruolo dell'etica nell'economia e nella finanza (joint with R. Zotti), Adalgiso Amendola, Clementina Cantillo (a cura di), Etica ed Economia. Una Tormentata Relazione, Volume della Collana Filosofie dell'Economia, Mimemis Edizioni: Milano, pp. 177-195, 2017. (online version)

5. Lo sviluppo finanziario locale e la crescita economica. Prospettive su dati territoriali Italiani, Rivista Economica del Mezzogiorno, N.1-2, pp. 187-216, 2014. (article)

6. Environmental agreement and NTU game in partition function form (joint with G. Bimonte, L. Senatore), Proceedings of the XVI Iberian Italian Conference of Financial and Actuarial Mathematics, IBIT 2016 Proceedings, pp. 12-17, 2016. 

7. L'analisi dell’efficienza nell’ambito del credito cooperativo. Il ruolo della gestione del rischio e dei fattori ambientali (joint with S. Destefanis, G. Lubrano-Lavadera), Adalgiso Amendola (a cura di), Progetto Aree Bianche. Il Sistema del Credito Cooperativo, Edizioni del Credito Cooperativo (ECRA), Volume della Collana Strumenti, pp. 263-291, 2012. (article)

8. Banking efficiency, environmental factors and economic development: Some estimates on micro data, Rassegna Economica, Rivista Internazionale di Economica e Territorio, 20, pp. 67-99, 2011. (article)

PhD DISSERTATION

• Risk, regulation and performance in banking: Theory and estimates for Italian banks, pp. 1-106, 2012. (online version)