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
In this novel contribution, the authors Massimiliano Caporin (Department of Statistics, University of Padua), Fulvio Fontini (Department of Economics and Management, University of Padua) and Roberto Panzica (European Commission, Joint Research Centre) analyse the evolution of the systemic risk
Authors:Marco Buso - Department of Economics and Management, University of PaduaLuciano Greco - Department of Economics and Management, University of Padua Government tasks can be delegated to the same or different agents. Agents have financial constraints, and the government's contractual capacity
This paper, published in 'The Energy Journal', investigates the existence and magnitude of consumers switching costs – namely, time-based and cognitive-based costs on consumers changing providers – in the Italian residential electricity market. Such costs may lead to consumer inertia in making
How does the stability of full and partial cartels depend on the capacity constraint of a small firm (or a fringe of small firms)? In their recent publication in "Oxford Economic Papers", Leonardo Madio, (Department of Economics and Management, University of Padua) and Aldo Pignataro (Italian
