In this paper, published in Energy Economics, Francesca Andreolli and Chiara D’Alpaos from the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering of the University of Padova and Michele Moretto from the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Padova, model
Should regulators hold digital platforms accountable for illegal behaviors of their users?In a new paper, published in the European Journal of Law and Economics, Yassine Lefouili from the Toulouse School of Economics and Leonardo Madio from the Department of Economics and Management of the
Director tenure is a topic of great interest in the corporate governance debate. Despite the burgeoning interest, there is lack of consensus on the mechanisms shaping directors' contributions over time. Natalie Elms from Queensland University of Technology and Amedeo Pugliese from the Department of
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
