Working papers

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• Exploring Hospital Efficiency within and between Italian Regions: New Empirical Evidence (joint with R. Lagravinese, R. Zotti), pp. 1-29, 2020. (wp version)

• Human Capital, Good Government and Economic Development: Evidence from Italian Provinces (joint with A. Amendola, R. Zotti), pp. 1-50, 2020. (wp version)

• Public finance, government spending and economic growth: the case of local governments in Italy (joint with T. Agastiti, R. Zotti), pp. 1-55, 2020. (wp version)

• The Relationship between Employment and Mental Health Problems in Italy: Evidence from EHIS2 Microdata (joint with A. Barone), pp. 1-31, 2020. (wp version)

• Weight Status and Mental Health in Italy: Evidence from EHIS2 Microdata (joint with A. Barone), pp. 1-16, 2019. (wp version)

• The determinants of students' achievement: a difference between OECD and not OECD countries (joint with M. Boccia), pp. 1-25, 2019. (wp version)

• Market Structure and Financial Stability: Theory and Evidence (joint with A. Amendola, M. Boccia, A. Papaccio), pp. 1-42, 2018. (wp version)

• Financial Stability as a Public Policy Goal to Increase Local Economic Development: an Empirical Investigation from Italian Labour Market Areas (joint with R. Zotti), pp. 1-35, 2018. (wp version)

• Research, Knowledge Transfer and Innovation: The Effect of Italian Universities’ Efficiency on the Local Economic Development 2006-2012 (joint with T. Agasisti, R. Zotti), pp. 1-39, 2017. (wp version)

• On the Relationship between Bank Market Concentration and Stability of Financial Institutions: Evidence from the Italian Banking Sector (joint with R. Zotti), pp. 1-32, 2017 (wp version)

• Bank Performance, Financial Stability and Market Competition: do Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Banks Behave Differently? (joint with R. Zotti), pp. 1-38, 2017. (wp version)

• First, Second and Third Tier Universities: Academic Excellence, Local Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation in Europe (joint with O.W. Maietta, R. Zotti), pp. 1-40, 2017. (wp version)

• Investigating the Impact of National Income on Environmental Pollution. International Evidence (joint with R. Zotti), pp. 1-24, 2016. (wp version)

• Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry (joint with O.W. Maietta, R. Zotti), pp. 1-44, 2016. (wp version)

• Is Less Really More? Academic Performance of First-Year Students in Italy in the Wake of the Institutional Reforms (joint with S. Destefanis, V. Sena, R. Zotti), 2016.

• Budget Institutions and Fiscal Performances. Modified Theory and Evidence (joint with G. Bimonte, P. Spennati), 2015.

• Explaining (in) Efficiency in Higher Education: A Comparison of Parametric and non-Parametric Analyses to Rank Universities (joint with R. Lagravinese, R. Zotti), pp. 1-27, 2015. (wp version)

• Extreme Events on Economic Complex Network (joint with G. Bimonte, M. Faggini, A. Parziale), 2015.

• Innovation Processes and Environmental Safety  (joint with G. Bimonte, L. Senatore), 2016. (wp version)

• Regional Innovation System (in) Efficiency and its Determinants: An Empirical Evidence from Italian Regions (joint with R. Zotti), pp. 1-24, 2015. (wp version)

• How Students’ Exogenous Characteristics affect Faculties’ Inefficiencies? A Heteroscedastic Stochastic Frontier Approach (joint with R. Zotti), pp. 1-12, 2014. (wp version)

• Regulation and the Crisis. The Efficiency of Italian Cooperative Banks (joint with S. Destefanis, G. Lubrano-Lavadera), pp. 1-41, 2013. (wp version)

• Risk and Regulation. The Efficiency of Italian Cooperative Banks (joint with S. Destefanis, G. Lubrano-Lavadera), pp. 1-34, 2011. (wp version)