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Climate-change adaptation: The role of fiscal policy

15.01.2020

The climate change and natural disasters have important consequences on fiscal sustainability, especially for developing countries with limited financial resources and underdeveloped institutions.The paper, written by Lorenzo Forni (dSEA) with Michele Catalano (Prometeia Associazione) and Emilia

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"Who Benefits from Privileged Peers? Evidence from Siblings in Schools"

In this study, published in the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Marco Bertoni and Giorgio Brunello from the Department of Economics and Management "Marco Fanno" and Lorenzo Cappellari from the Catholic University of Milan compare siblings attending the same school at different points of time and

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"Ambidextrous strategies in turbulent times: the experience of manufacturing SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic"

In their recent publication in the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Marco Bettiol, Mauro Capestro and Eleonora Di Maria from the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Padova, and Stefano Micelli from Ca Foscari University of Venice,

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"Do institutional donors value social media activity and engagement? Empirical evidence on Italian non-profit grantees"

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

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"Inward FDI and the quality of domestic institutions: A cross-country panel VAR analysis"

Domestic institutions are recognized as important factors in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and stimulating economic development in host countries. However, there is growing evidence that FDI may in turn affect and shape domestic institutions, and it is generally difficult to disentangle

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