Empirics

A sample of research papers using and/or citing IQI (sources: Scopus and Google Scholar, 2021):

Accetturo, A., Albanese, G., & D'Ignazio, A. (2020). A new phoenix? large plants regeneration policies in italy. Journal of Regional Science, 60(5), 878-902. doi:10.1111/jors.12487

Adekunle, Ibrahim A.; Williams, Tolulope O.; Omokanmi, Olatunde J.; Onayemi, Serifat O. (2020): Mediating roles of institutions in the remittance-growth relationship: Evidence from Nigeria, AGDI Working Paper, No. WP/20/063, African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé 

Agostino, M., Nifo, A., Trivieri, F., & Vecchione, G. (2020). Rule of law and regulatory quality as drivers of entrepreneurship. Regional Studies, 54(6), 814-826. doi:10.1080/00343404.2019.1648785

Agostino, M., & Trivieri, F. (2019). Does trade credit affect technical efficiency? empirical evidence from italian manufacturing SMEs. Journal of Small Business Management, 57(2), 576-592. doi:10.1111/jsbm.12410

Agovino, M., Casaccia, M., & Crociata, A. (2017). Effectiveness and efficiency of european regional development fund on separate waste collection: Evidence from italian regions by a stochastic frontier approach. Economia Politica, 34(1), 105-137. doi:10.1007/s40888-016-0050-2

Agovino, M., Casaccia, M., Ferrara, M., & Garofalo, A. (2017). What are the driving factors of the landfill disposal rate in italy? A semi-parametric analysis for policy implications. Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management, 5(2), 133-144. doi:10.5890/JEAM.2017.06.005

Agovino, M., Cerciello, M., & Musella, G. (2019). The effects of neighbour influence and cultural consumption on separate waste collection. theoretical framework and empirical investigation. Ecological Economics, 166 doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106440

Agovino, M., Cerciello, M., & Musella, G. (2019). The good and the bad: Identifying homogeneous groups of municipalities in terms of separate waste collection determinants in italy. Ecological Indicators, 98, 297-309. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.11.003

Agovino, M., Ferrara, M., & Garofalo, A. (2016). An exploratory analysis on waste management in italy: A focus on waste disposed in landfill. Land use Policy, 57, 669-681. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.06.027

Agovino, M., Ferrara, M., & Garofalo, A. (2019). Investigating the driving factors of the landfill disposal rate: A quantile regression for italian data. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 21(6), 2913-2930. doi:10.1007/s10668-018-0166-3

Agovino, M., Ferrara, M., & Garofalo, A. (2017). The driving factors of separate waste collection in italy: A multidimensional analysis at provincial level. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 19(6), 2297-2316. doi:10.1007/s10668-016-9857-9

Agovino, M., Ferrara, M., Marchesano, K., & Garofalo, A. (2020). The separate collection of recyclable waste materials as a flywheel for the circular economy: The role of institutional quality and socio-economic factors. Economia Politica, 37(2), 659-681. doi:10.1007/s40888-019-00153-9

Agovino, M., Garofalo, A., & Cerciello, M. (2019). Do local institutions affect labour market participation? the italian case. B.E.Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 19(2) doi:10.1515/bejeap-2018-0077

Agovino, M., Garofalo, A., & Marchesano, K. (2018). Do institutions affect the matching process of disabled people? the italian case. Quality and Quantity, 52(2), 921-943. doi:10.1007/s11135-017-0496-5

Agovino, M., Garofalo, A., & Mariani, A. (2018). Institutional quality effects on separate waste collection: Some evidence from italian provinces. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 61(9), 1487-1510. doi:10.1080/09640568.2017.1353958

Aiginger, K., & Firgo, M. (2017). Regional competitiveness: Connecting an old concept with new goals. Handbook of regions and competitiveness: Contemporary theories and perspectives on economic development (pp. 155-191) doi:10.4337/9781783475018 Retrieved from www.scopus.com

Albanese, G., de Blasio, G., & Locatelli, A. (2021). Does EU regional policy promote local TFP growth? evidence from the italian mezzogiorno. Papers in Regional Science, 100(2), 327-348. doi:10.1111/pirs.12574

Albanese, G., Galli, E., Rizzo, I., & Scaglioni, C. (2021). Transparency, civic capital and political accountability: A virtuous relation? Kyklos, 74(2), 155-169. doi:10.1111/kykl.12260

Amendola, A., Barra, C., & Zotti, R. (2020). Does graduate human capital production increase local economic development? an instrumental variable approach. Journal of Regional Science, 60(5), 959-994. doi:10.1111/jors.12490

Antonietti R., & Boschma, R. (2020).  Social capital, resilience, and regional diversification in Italy, Industrial and Corporate Change, 2020;, dtaa052, https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtaa052 

Arbolino, R., Boffardi, R., & De Simone, L. (2019). Which are the factors influencing innovation performances? evidence from italian cohesion policy. Social Indicators Research, 146(1-2), 221-247. doi:10.1007/s11205-018-1904-5

Arbolino, R., Boffardi, R., & Ioppolo, G. (2019). The effectiveness of european energy policy on the italian system: Regional evidences from a hierarchical cluster analysis approach. Energy Policy, 132, 47-61. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.021

Arbolino, R., De Simone, L., Carlucci, F., Yigitcanlar, T., & Ioppolo, G. (2018). Towards a sustainable industrial ecology: Implementation of a novel approach in the performance evaluation of italian regions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 178, 220-236. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.183

Arbolino, R., Di Caro, P., & Marani, U. (2020). Did the governance of EU funds help italian regional labour markets during the great recession? Journal of Common Market Studies, 58(2), 235-255. doi:10.1111/jcms.12900

Arbolino R, Boffardi R. (2017). The Impact of Institutional Quality and Efficient Cohesion Investments on Economic Growth Evidence from Italian Regions. Sustainability. 2017; 9(8):1432. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9081432 

Arbolino, R., Boffardi, R., Lanuzza, F., Ioppolo, G., 2018. Monitoring and evaluation of regional industrial sustainability: evidence from Italian regions. Land Use Pol. 75, 420-428.

Arbolino, R., & Di Caro. (2020). Can the EU funds promote regional resilience at time of Covid-19? Insights from theGreat Recession. Journal of Policy Modeling.

Asso, P. F. (2020). New perspectives on old inequalities: Italy’s north–south divide. Territory, Politics, Governance, doi:10.1080/21622671.2020.1805354

Auricchio, M., Ciani, E., Dalmazzo, A., & de Blasio, G. (2020). Life after public employment retrenchment: Evidence from italian municipalities. Journal of Economic Geography, 20(3), 733-782. doi:10.1093/JEG/LBZ013

Bagnai, A., & Mongeau Ospina, C. A. (2018). Monetary integration vs. real disintegration: Single currency and productivity divergence in the euro area #. Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 21(4), 353-367. doi:10.1080/17487870.2017.1403755

Baldi, S., Bottasso, A., Conti, M., & Piccardo, C. (2016). To bid or not to bid: That is the question: Public procurement, project complexity and corruption. European Journal of Political Economy, 43, 89-106. doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2016.04.002

Baldi, S., & Vannoni, D. (2017). The impact of centralization on pharmaceutical procurement prices: The role of institutional quality and corruption. Regional Studies, 51(3), 426-438. doi:10.1080/00343404.2015.1101517

Baldini, M., Peragine, V., & Silvestri, L. (2018). Quality of Government and Subjective Poverty in Europe, CESifo Economic Studies, Volume 64, Issue 3, September 2018, Pages 371–395, https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifx023 

Batinti, A., Andriani, L., & Filippetti, A. (2019). Local government fiscal policy, social capital and electoral payoff: Evidence across italian municipalities. Kyklos, 72(4), 503-526. doi:10.1111/kykl.12209

Bergamante F., Vecchione G., (2017) Capitale umano altamente qualificato e mobilità: i fattori di attrazione nel territorio italiano. Paper presented in "Primo convegno SISEC. Le nuove frontiere della sociologia economica", Roma 26-28 gennaio 2017. Isfol 

Bernardo, G., Brunetti, I., Pinar, M., & Stengos, T. (2021). Measuring the presence of organized crime across italian provinces: A sensitivity analysis. European Journal of Law and Economics, 51(1), 31-95. doi:10.1007/s10657-020-09676-0

Bettin, G., Bianchi, P., Nicolli, F., Ramaciotti, L., & Rizzo, U. (2019). Migration, ethnic concentration and firm entry: Evidence from italian regions. Regional Studies, 53(1), 55-66. doi:10.1080/00343404.2018.1432852

Blanco, D. V. (2017). On migration solutions and interventions: An afterthought. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 17(2), 307-313. Retrieved from www.scopus.com

Boffardi, R., Ioppolo, G., & Arbolino, R. (2021). A two-step approach to evaluate drivers and barriers to clean energy policies: Italian regional evidence. Environmental Science and Policy, 120, 173-186. doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2021.03.006

Borghesi, S., Franco, C., & Marin, G. (2020). Outward foreign direct investment patterns of italian firms in the european union's emission trading scheme. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 122(1), 219-256. doi:10.1111/sjoe.12323

Boschma, R., Marrocu, E., & Paci, R. (2016). Symmetric and asymmetric effects of proximities: The case of M&A deals in italy. Journal of Economic Geography, 16(2), 505-535. doi:10.1093/jeg/lbv005

Buch, T., Hamann, S., Niebuhr, A., & Rossen, A. (2017). How to woo the smart ones? evaluating the determinants that particularly attract highly qualified people to cities. Journal of Urban Affairs, 39(6), 764-782. doi:10.1080/07352166.2017.1282765

Buenstorf, G., Geissler, M., & Krabel, S. (2016). Locations of labor market entry by german university graduates: Is (regional) beauty in the eye of the beholder? [Standortentscheidungen deutscher Hochschulabsolventen beim Berufseinstieg – Liegt (regionale) Schönheit im Auge des Betrachters?] Review of Regional Research, 36(1), 29-49. doi:10.1007/s10037-015-0102-z

Calcagnini, G., Giombini, G., & Perugini, F. (2019). Bank foundations, social capital and the growth of italian provinces. Regional Studies, 53(2), 231-244. doi:10.1080/00343404.2018.1455971

Canello, J., & Vidoli, F. (2020). Investigating space-time patterns of regional industrial resilience through a micro-level approach: An application to the italian wine industry. Journal of Regional Science, 60(4), 653-676. doi:10.1111/jors.12480

Cassese, S. (2020). Il buon governo, l'età dei doveri. Mondadori, Milano (Italy).

Cardamone, P. (2020). Productivity and spatial proximity: Evidence from the italian food industry. International Review of Applied Economics, 34(3), 327-341. doi:10.1080/02692171.2020.1732308

Castellano, R., Musella, G., & Punzo, G. (2019). The effect of environmental attitudes and policies on separate waste collection: The case of insular italy. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 12(1), 63-85. doi:10.1007/s12076-019-00227-z

Castiglione, C., Infante, D., & Zieba, M. (2018). Technical efficiency in the italian performing arts companies. Small Business Economics, 51(3), 609-638. doi:10.1007/s11187-017-9931-1

Cavalieri, M., Guccio, C., Lisi, D., & Rizzo, I. (2020). Does institutional quality matter for infrastructure provision? A non-parametric analysis for italian municipalities. Italian Economic Journal, 6(3), 521-562. doi:10.1007/s40797-019-00111-1

Cerciello, M., Agovino, M., & Garofalo, A. (2019). The caring hand that cripples? the effects of the european regional policy on local labour market participation in southern italy. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 68 doi:10.1016/j.seps.2019.03.009

Corica, G., & Scaglione, A. (2019). Methodological approaches to the study of corruption. [IL FENOMENO DELLA CORRUZIONE. GLI APPROCCI DI STUDIO] Polis (Italy), 33(3), 469-478. doi:10.1424/95003

Corradini, C. (2021). Local institutional quality and economic growth: A panel-VAR analysis of italian NUTS-3 regions. Economics Letters, 198 doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109659

D’Amato, A., Marin, G., & Rampa, A. (2019). Environmental disasters and electoral cycle: An empirical analysis on floods and landslides in italy. Environmental and Resource Economics, 74(2), 625-651. doi:10.1007/s10640-019-00338-7

D’Ingiullo, D., & Evangelista, V. (2020). Institutional quality and innovation performance: Evidence from italy. Regional Studies, 54(12), 1724-1736. doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1765230

De Angelis, I., de Blasio, G., & Rizzica, L. (2020). Lost in corruption. evidence from EU funding to southern italy. Italian Economic Journal, 6(2), 355-377. doi:10.1007/s40797-020-00123-2

De Benedetto, M. A. (2018). Council size, government spending and efficiency. evidence from a quasi-experimental design for italian municipalities. Politica Economica, 34(3), 297-326. doi:10.1429/92122

De Luca, G., Lisi, D., Martorana, M., & Siciliani, L. (2021). Does higher institutional quality improve the appropriateness of healthcare provision? Journal of Public Economics, 194 doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104356

De Vivo, P., Sacco, E. (2020). Le reti di impresa nella politica industriale, Franco Angeli, Milano .

Del Monte, A., Moccia, S., & Pennacchio, L. (2020). Regional entrepreneurship and innovation: Historical roots and the impact on the growth of regions. Small Business Economics, doi:10.1007/s11187-020-00425-w

Del Monte, A., Moccia, S., & Pennacchio, L. (2019). Turnout and voting behaviour in constitutional referendums: A regional analysis of the italian case. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 6(1), 557-573. doi:10.1080/21681376.2019.1680314

Di Berardino, C., D'Ingiullo, D., Quaglione, D., & Sarra, A. (2019). Migration and institutional quality across italian provinces: The role of human capital. Papers in Regional Science, 98(2), 843-860. doi:10.1111/pirs.12371

Di Matteo, D. (2019). Tourism performances, government effectiveness and local growth: The italian cultural heritage perspective. The routledge handbook of tourism impacts: Theoretical and applied perspectives (pp. 365-376) Retrieved from www.scopus.com

Eboli, M., Toto, A., & Ziruolo, A. (2021). Mafia infiltrations in italian municipalities: Two statistical indicators. Applied Economics, 53(24), 2693-2712. doi:10.1080/00036846.2020.1866157

Fadda, I.; Paglietti, P.; Reginato, E.; Pavan, A. Transparency and corruption. Evidences from the case of the Italian regions. In Proceedings of the Cambridge Business & Economics Conference, Cambridge, UK, 1–2 July 2016. 

Fadda, I., P. Paglietti, E. Reginato, and A. Pavan. (2018). Analysing Corruption: Effects on the Transparency of Public Administrations. In E. Borgonovi Anessi-Pessina and C. Bianchi edited by. Outcome-Based Performance Management in the Public Sector. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing; p. 251–267. 

Ferrante, L., & Pappalardo, M. R. (2020). Cronyism and education: Evidence from italy. Politica Economica, 36(2), 259-273. doi:10.1429/98303

Ferrara, A. R., & Nisticò, R. (2019). Does institutional quality matter for multidimensional well-being inequalities? insights from italy. Social Indicators Research, 145(3), 1063-1105. doi:10.1007/s11205-019-02123-x

Ferrara, A. R., Nisticò, R., & Lombardo, R. (2019). Subjective and objective well-being: Bridging the gap. Scienze Regionali, 18(Special Issue), 575-610. doi:10.14650/94668

Ferraresi, M., Gucciardi, G., & Rizzo, L. (2021). Savings from public procurement centralization in the healthcare system. European Journal of Political Economy, 66 doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101963

Filippetti, A., Guy, F., & Iammarino, S. (2019). Regional disparities in the effect of training on employment. Regional Studies, 53(2), 217-230. doi:10.1080/00343404.2018.1455177

Finocchiaro Castro, M., & Guccio, C. (2020). Birds of a feather flock together: Trust in government, political selection and electoral punishment. Public Choice, 184(3-4), 263-287. doi:10.1007/s11127-019-00759-4

Fratesi, U. (2020). Contextualizing regional policy impact: A contribution to more effective policy-making. Scienze Regionali, 19(3), 453-476. doi:10.14650/98287

Fratesi, U. (2014). Editorial: The mobility of high-skilled workers – causes and consequences. Regional Studies, 48(10), 1587-1591. doi:10.1080/00343404.2014.955689

Galli, E., Rizzo, I., & Scaglioni, C. (2020). Is transparency spatially determined? an empirical test for italian municipalities. Applied Economics, 52(58), 6372-6385. doi:10.1080/00036846.2020.1795068

Garofalo, A., Castellano, R., Agovino, M., Punzo, G., & Musella, G. (2019). How far is campania from the best-performing region in italy? A territorial-divide analysis of separate waste collection. Social Indicators Research, 142(2), 667-688. doi:10.1007/s11205-018-1936-x

Giménez-Fernández, E. M., & Sandulli, F. D. (2020). High skilled workers mobility in spain and europe: Motivations and implications. [Movilidad de trabajadores altamente cualificados en españa y europa: Motivaciones e implicaciones] UCJC Business and Society Review, 17(2), 70-89. doi:10.3232/UBR.2020.V17.N2.04

Glückler, J., & Lenz, R. (2016). How institutions moderate the effectiveness of regional policy: A framework and research agenda. Investigaciones Regionales, 2016(36Specialissue), 255-277. Retrieved from www.scopus.com

Gori, G. F., Lattarulo, P., & Mariani, M. (2017). Understanding the procurement performance of local governments: A duration analysis of public works. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 35(5), 809–827. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X16680109

Guccio, C., Lisi, D., & Rizzo, I. (2019). When the purchasing officer looks the other way: On the waste effects of debauched local environment in public works execution. Economics of Governance, 20(3), 205-236. doi:10.1007/s10101-019-00223-5

Haley, A. (2016). Through a social space lens – interpreting migration of the tertiary educated. European Educational Research Journal, 15(4), 480-490. doi:10.1177/1474904116630316

Huggins, R. (2016). Capital, institutions and urban growth systems. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 9(2), 443-463. doi:10.1093/cjres/rsw010

Iacobucci, D., & Perugini, F. (2020). Entrepreneurial ecosystems in italy. Industria, 41(2), 239-267. doi:10.1430/97564

Impicciatore, R., & Tosi, F. (2019). Student mobility in italy: The increasing role of family background during the expansion of higher education supply doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2019.100409 Retrieved from www.scopus.com

Kim, H. M., & Cocks, M. (2017). The role of quality of place factors in expatriate international relocation decisions: A case study of suzhou, a globally-focused chinese city. Geoforum, 81, 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.01.018

Kotavaara, N., Kotavaara, O., Rusanen, J., & Muilu, T. (2018). University graduate migration in finland. Geoforum, 96, 97-107. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.07.010

Lasagni, A., Nifo, A., & Vecchione, G. (2015). Firm productivity and institutional quality: Evidence from italian industry. Journal of Regional Science, 55(5), 774-800. doi:10.1111/jors.12203

Lattarulo, P. (2020). An Overview of Open Reform Issues in Local Government, in "Scienze Regionali, Italian Journal of Regional Science" 2/2020, pp. 199-204, doi: 10.14650/97085

Le, Q. C., Nguyen, T. P. T., & Do, T. N. (2020). State ownership, quality of sub-national governance, and total factor productivity of firms in vietnam. Post-Communist Economies, doi:10.1080/14631377.2020.1793608

Lee, H. -., & Kim, H. -. (2019). Regional preferences for the living environment and mobility of researchers and general workers: The case of korea. Annals of Regional Science, 62(1), 169-186. doi:10.1007/s00168-018-0892-3

Lo Cascio, I., Mazzola, F., & Epifanio, R. (2019). Territorial determinants and NUTS 3 regional performance: A spatial analysis for Italy across the crisis. Papers in Regional Science, 98(2), 641-677. doi:10.1111/pirs.12372

Lucadamo, A., Mancini, P., & Nifo, A. (2019). Household's Consumer Behaviour: Economic Recession and Quality of Institution. The Case of Italy. Economic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis, 12(1), 277–302. 

Lucas, D. S., & Boudreaux, C. J. (2020). National regulation, state-level policy, and local job creation in the united states: A multilevel perspective. Research Policy, 49(4) doi:10.1016/j.respol.2020.103952

Mangani, A. (2017). Longevità e Modelli di business dei social network online: un'analisi empirica. In Oligopoly, Institutions and Firm’s Performance, by L. Fanti (Ed), Pisa University Press, Pisa. ISBN: 978-88-6741-897-8. 

Marzi, S., Farnia, L., Dasgupta, S., Mysiak, J., & Lorenzoni, A. (2019). Competence analysis for promoting energy efficiency projects in developing countries: The case of OPEC. Energy, 189 doi:10.1016/j.energy.2019.115996

Marzi, S., Mysiak, J., Essenfelder, A. H., Amadio, M., Giove, S., & Fekete, A. (2019). Constructing a comprehensive disaster resilience index: The case of italy. PLoS ONE, 14(9) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0221585

Marzi, S., Mysiak, J., & Santato, S. (2018). Comparing adaptive capacity index across scales: The case of italy. Journal of Environmental Management, 223, 1023-1036. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.060

Matteucci, N. (2020). Digital agendas, regional policy and institutional quality: Assessing the italian broadband plan. Regional Studies, , 1-13. doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1782876

Mazzola, F., Cusimano, A., Di Giacomo, G., & Epifanio, R. (2019). Local and territorial determinants in the realization of public–private–partnerships: An empirical analysis for italian provinces. European Planning Studies, 27(11), 2266-2287. doi:10.1080/09654313.2019.1640187

Melguizo, C., & Royuela, V. (2020). What drives migration moves to urban areas in spain? evidence from the great recession. Regional Studies, 54(12), 1680-1693. doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1747606

Mosconi, F., & D’Ingiullo, D. (2021). Institutional quality and innovation: Evidence from emilia-romagna. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, doi:10.1080/10438599.2021.1893140

Musella, G., Agovino, M., Casaccia, M., & Crociata, A. (2019). Evaluating waste collection management: The case of macro-areas and municipalities in italy. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 21(6), 2857-2889. doi:10.1007/s10668-018-0164-5

Musolino, D. (2018). The north-south divide in italy: Reality or perception? European Spatial Research and Policy, 25(1), 29-53. doi:10.18778/1231-1952.25.1.03

Musolino, D., Distaso, A., & Marcianò, C. (2020). The role of social farming in the socio-economic development of highly marginal regions: An investigation in calabria. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(13) doi:10.3390/su12135285

Musolino, D., & Mariotti, I. (2020). Mental maps of entrepreneurs and location factors: An empirical investigation on italy. Annals of Regional Science, 64(3), 501-521. doi:10.1007/s00168-019-00907-0

Musolino, D., Meester, W., & Pellenbarg, P. (2020). The mental maps of italian, german and dutch entrepreneurs: A comparative perspective. Annals of Regional Science, 64(3), 595-613. doi:10.1007/s00168-019-00912-3

Musolino, D., & Silvetti, A. (2020). Are mountain areas attractive for investments? the case of the alpine provinces in italy. European Countryside, 12(4), 469-493. doi:10.2478/euco-2020-0025

Mysiak, J., Torresan, S., Bosello, F., Mistry, M., Amadio, M., Marzi, S., Sperotto, A. (2018). Climate risk index for italy. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2121) doi:10.1098/rsta.2017.0305

Nifo, A., Scalera, D., & Vecchione, G. (2020). Does skilled migration reduce investment in human capital? an investigation on educational choices in italian regions (2001–2016). Metroeconomica, 71(4), 781-802. doi:10.1111/meca.12302

Nifo, A., Scalera, D., & Vecchione, G. (2017). The rule of law and educational choices: Evidence from italian regions. Regional Studies, 51(7), 1048-1062. doi:10.1080/00343404.2016.1262945

Oláh, J., Halasi, G., Szakály, Z., Popp, J., & Balogh, P. (2017). The impact of international migration on the labor market - A case study from hungary. Amfiteatru Economic, 19(46), 790-805. Retrieved from www.scopus.com

Parenti, B., Pinto, M., & Sarno, D. (2020). Job satisfaction among ph.D. holders: How much do regional divides and employment Sectors matter? Higher Education Policy, doi:10.1057/s41307-020-00210-0

Perone, G. (2020). The impact of agribusiness crimes on food prices: Evidence from italy. Economia Politica, 37(3), 877-909. doi:10.1007/s40888-019-00165-5

Polverari, L. (2018). Competitive solidarity and regional development, the case of Italy. In Competitiveness and solidarity in the European Union, by Chiocchetti, P. & Allemand, F. (Ed.), Routledge 2018.

Plopeanu, A., Homocianu, D., Mihaila, A. A., Crişan, E. L., Bodea, G., Bratu, R., & Airinei, D. (2018). Exploring the influence of personal motivations' beliefs and attitudes on students' post-graduation migration intentions: Evidence from three major romanian universities. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 8(11) doi:10.3390/app8112121

Popova, Y., & Petrov, I. (2020). Impact of the human capital factors on the country competitiveness doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44610-9_64 Retrieved from www.scopus.com

Raimondo, M., Nazzaro, C., Nifo, A., & Marotta, G. (2020). Does the institutional quality affect labor productivity in italian vineyard farms? Wine Economics and Policy, 9(2), 113-126. doi:10.36253/wep-7833

Rungi, A., & Biancalani, F. (2019). Heterogeneous firms and the North–South divide in italy. Italian Economic Journal, 5(3), 325-347. doi:10.1007/s40797-019-00090-3

Santelli, F., Scolorato, C., & Ragozini, G. (2019). On the determinants of student mobility in an interregional perspective: A focus on campania region. Statistica Applicata, 31(1), 119-142. doi:10.26398/IJAS.0031-007

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