In this paper, published in The British Accounting Review, Anna Alexander (Department of Economics and Management, University of Padua), Silvia Pilonato (University of Bergamo) and Giulia Redigolo (ESADE Business School), examine whether social media activity and engagement of non-profit
Economics of Electricity. Markets, Competition and RulesAnna CretìUniversité de Paris IX (Paris-Dauphine)Fulvio FontiniDepartment of Economics and Management "Marco Fanno", University of Padova, ItalyThis comprehensive and up-to-date book explains the economic rationale behind the production,
Mafia firms introduce distortions in the markets in which they operate, increasing the cost of doing business for peer firms. Using a sample of Italian anti-Mafia police actions that resulted in the removal of Mafia firms, the authors find that peers reduce their tax avoidance following these anti
In this paper the authors, Giovanni Pellegrino, Efrem Castelnuovo and Giovanni Caggiano from the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Padova document the large response of real activity to a financial uncertainty shock during and in the aftermath of the great recession. They
In this paper, published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Bård Harstad (University of Oslo and the Frisch Centre), Francesco Lancia (Ca’ Foscari University) and Alessia Russo (Department of Economics and Management of the University of Padova) study the optimal self
