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Homepage:https://docenti.unisa.it/024744/home
Workplace:Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche (DISES) (Department of Economics and Statistics), Università degli Studi di Salerno (University of Salerno), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2020

  1. Exploring Hospital Efficiency within and between Italian Regions: New Empirical Evidence
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin Downloads
    See also Journal Article Exploring hospital efficiency within and between Italian regions: new empirical evidence, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer (2022) Downloads View citations (6) (2022)
  2. Human Capital, Good Government and Economic Development: Evidence from Italian Provinces
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin Downloads
  3. Public Finance, Government Spending and Economic Growth: The Case of Local Governments in Italy
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (2020) Downloads View citations (2)
  4. The Relationship between Employment and Mental Health Problems in Italy: Evidence from EHIS2 Microdata
    Working Papers, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno Downloads

2019

  1. The determinants of students' achievement: a difference between OECD and not OECD countries
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads
  2. Weight status and mental health in Italy: Evidence from EHIS2 microdata
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads

2018

  1. Financial Stability as a Public Policy Goal to Increase Local Economic Development: an Empirical Investigation from Italian Labour Market Areas
    CELPE Discussion Papers, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Market Structure and Financial Stability: Theory and Evidence
    CELPE Discussion Papers, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy Downloads View citations (1)

2017

  1. Bank Performance, Financial Stability and Market Competition: do Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Banks Behave Differently?
    CELPE Discussion Papers, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy Downloads View citations (4)
  2. First, Second and Third Tier Universities: Academic Excellence, Local Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation in Europe
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy Downloads View citations (2)
  3. On the relationship between bank market concentration and stability of financial institutions: Evidence from the Italian banking sector
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (1)
  4. Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on the local economic development 2006-2012
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Research, knowledge transfer, and innovation: The effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on local economic development 2006−2012, Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2019) Downloads View citations (34) (2019)

2016

  1. Innovation Processes and Environmental Safety
    CELPE Discussion Papers, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy Downloads
  2. Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2017) Downloads View citations (15) (2017)
  3. Investigating the impact of national income on environmental pollution. International evidence
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads
  4. Science, university-firm R&D collaboration and innovation across Europe
    2016 Fifth AIEAA Congress, June 16-17, 2016, Bologna, Italy, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA) Downloads

2015

  1. Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008–2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier (2016) Downloads View citations (19) (2016)
  2. Explaining (in)efficiency in higher education: a comparison of parametric and non-parametric analyses to rank universities
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Regional innovation system (in)efficiency and its determinants: an empirical evidence from Italian regions
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (1)

2014

  1. Handling negative data using Data Envelopment Analysis: a directional distance approach applied to higher education
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads
  2. How students' exogenous characteristics affect faculties’ inefficiency. A heteroscedastic stochastic frontier approach
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads
  3. Human capital development, knowledge spillovers and local growth: Is there a quality effect of university efficiency?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads
  4. On the causal effect of religion on life satisfaction using a propensity score matching technique
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads View citations (1)
  5. The common pool problem of intergovernmental interactions
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany Downloads

2013

  1. Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from Highly Disaggregated Italian Data
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy Downloads View citations (7)
  2. Regulation and the Crisis: The Efficiency of Italian Cooperative Banks
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy Downloads View citations (4)

2011

  1. Risk and Regulation: The Efficiency of Italian Cooperative Banks
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy Downloads View citations (15)

Journal Articles

2024

  1. A parametric approach to institutional quality and bank cost inefficiency in diversity context: The case of Italy
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2024, 95, (3), 723-759 Downloads
  2. Are cooperative and commercial banks equally effective in reducing the shadow economy? International evidence
    Economic Modelling, 2024, 138, (C) Downloads
  3. Bank cost efficiency and underground economy: The asymmetric impact of cooperative and non-cooperative banks
    The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 2024, 30, (C) Downloads
  4. Digital divide, gender gap, and entrepreneurial orientation: How to foster technology adoption among Pakistani higher education students?
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024, 93, (C) Downloads View citations (3)
  5. Does Regulatory Quality Reduce Informal Economy? A Theoretical and Empirical Framework
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2024, 172, (2), 543-567 Downloads
  6. Does institutional quality matter for bioeconomy performance? Insights from Italian regions
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2024, 57, (6), 1-31 Downloads
  7. Environmental performance of countries. Examining the effect of diverse institutional factors in a metafrontier approach
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024, 95, (C) Downloads
  8. Institutional quality and bioeconomy performance in European countries: Unveiling the evidence
    Ecological Economics, 2024, 220, (C) Downloads View citations (2)
  9. Research and knowledge transfer performance in Colombian universities
    Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2024, 58, (1), 77-96 Downloads View citations (1)
  10. Students’ performance and faculty efficiency. Assessing the role of gender through a metafrontier
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2024, 51, (9), 323-337 Downloads
  11. The effects of types of banks on financial access and income inequality in a heterogeneous sample: A quantile regression analysis
    Journal of Economics and Business, 2024, 131, (C) Downloads
  12. The interaction between corruption, bank cost efficiency and economic development in Italy
    Economic Systems, 2024, 48, (3) Downloads
  13. Unraveling the impact of economic policy uncertainty on environmental efficiency: How do institutional quality and political orientation matter?
    Economics and Politics, 2024, 36, (3), 1450-1490 Downloads

2023

  1. Basel accords and banking inefficiency: Evidence from the Italian local market
    International Journal of Finance & Economics, 2023, 28, (4), 4079-4119 Downloads
  2. Corruption and firms’ efficiency: international evidence using an instrumental variable approach
    Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, 2023, 40, (2), 731-759 Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Cross country comparisons of environmental efficiency under institutional quality. Evidence from European economies
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2023, 51, (9), 75-111 Downloads View citations (3)
  4. Government effectiveness and inequality in Italian regions
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2023, 56, (2), 781-801 Downloads View citations (2)
  5. Institutional quality and public spending in Europe: A quantile regression approach
    Economics and Politics, 2023, 35, (3), 949-1019 Downloads View citations (4)
  6. Obesity and Early School Leaving in EU Countries: Evidence of Health Behaviours using an Instrumental Variable Approach
    Economia & lavoro, 2023, (2), 50-82 Downloads
  7. Quality of Government and Types of Innovation—Empirical Evidence for Italian Manufacturing Firms
    Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2023, 14, (2), 1749-1789 Downloads
  8. Universities, Local Economic Productivity and Quality of Institutions: Evidence From Italy
    International Regional Science Review, 2023, 46, (2), 179-209 Downloads

2022

  1. Bank-specific factors and credit risk: evidence from Italian banks in different local markets
    Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 2022, 31, (3), 316-350 Downloads
  2. Employment and Depressive Symptoms in Italy: the Need for Policy Measures
    Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2022, 130, (4), 323-362 Downloads
  3. Exploring hospital efficiency within and between Italian regions: new empirical evidence
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2022, 57, (3), 269-284 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Exploring Hospital Efficiency within and between Italian Regions: New Empirical Evidence, Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers (2020) Downloads (2020)
  4. Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas
    Empirical Economics, 2022, 62, (4), 1951-1979 Downloads View citations (4)
  5. Firm innovation and local bank efficiency in Italy: Does the type of bank matter?
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2022, 93, (4), 1083-1128 Downloads View citations (2)
  6. Gender differences in weight status and early school leaving in Italy
    Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2022, 14, (3), 644-666 Downloads
  7. Governmental stability and emigration in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of skills and gender
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2022, 50, (7), 1450-1466 Downloads
  8. How do dimensions of institutional quality improve Italian regional innovation system efficiency? The Knowledge production function using SFA
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2022, 32, (2), 591-642 Downloads View citations (7)
  9. On the impact of knowledge and institutional spillovers on RIS efficiency. Evidence from Italian regional level
    Growth and Change, 2022, 53, (2), 702-752 Downloads View citations (2)
  10. Weight Status and Depression in Italy: Evidence from the Second Wave of the European Health Interview Survey
    Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 2022, 34, (2), 193-227 Downloads
  11. What matters in educational performance? Evidence from OECD and non-OECD countries
    Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2022, 56, (6), 4335-4394 Downloads View citations (1)

2021

  1. Do microeconomic and macroeconomic factors influence Italian bank credit risk in different local markets? Evidence from cooperative and non-cooperative banks
    Journal of Economics and Business, 2021, 114, (C) Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Green Energies, Employment, and Institutional Quality: Some Evidence for the OECD
    Sustainability, 2021, 13, (6), 1-21 Downloads View citations (3)
  3. Market Structure and Financial Stability: the Interaction between Profit-Oriented and Mutual Cooperative Banks in Italy
    Journal of Financial Services Research, 2021, 60, (2), 235-259 Downloads View citations (4)
  4. The effects of university academic research on firm’s propensity to innovate at local level: evidence from Europe
    The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2021, 46, (2), 483-530 Downloads View citations (3)
  5. The joint impact of different types of innovation on firm's productivity: evidence from Italy
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2021, 30, (2), 151-182 Downloads View citations (8)
  6. The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks
    Empirical Economics, 2021, 60, (5), 2293-2322 Downloads View citations (2)

2020

  1. Does graduate human capital production increase local economic development? An instrumental variable approach
    Journal of Regional Science, 2020, 60, (5), 959-994 Downloads View citations (6)
  2. Innovative performance effects of institutional quality: an empirical investigation from the Triad
    Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (50), 5464-5476 Downloads View citations (6)
  3. Short- and long-term relation between economic development and government spending: the role of quality of institutions
    Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (9), 987-1009 Downloads

2019

  1. Academic excellence, local knowledge spillovers and innovation in Europe
    Regional Studies, 2019, 53, (7), 1058-1069 Downloads View citations (11)
  2. Are Green Energies Employment Friendly? Empirical Evidence for Some OECD Countries over the 1985–2013 Period
    Sustainability, 2019, 11, (14), 1-17 Downloads View citations (1)
  3. BANK PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND MARKET CONCENTRATION: EVIDENCE FROM COOPERATIVE AND NON‐COOPERATIVE BANKS
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2019, 90, (1), 103-139 Downloads View citations (13)
  4. Cooperation, diffusion of technology and environmental protection: a new index
    Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2019, 53, (4), 1913-1940 Downloads View citations (1)
  5. Market power and stability of financial institutions: evidence from the Italian banking sector
    Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 2019, 28, (2), 235-265 Downloads View citations (2)
  6. Research, knowledge transfer, and innovation: The effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on local economic development 2006−2012
    Journal of Regional Science, 2019, 59, (5), 819-849 Downloads View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper Research, knowledge transfer and innovation: the effect of Italian universities’ efficiency on the local economic development 2006-2012, Working papers (2017) Downloads View citations (5) (2017)
  7. The role of human capital in identifying the drivers of product and process innovation: empirical investigation from Italy
    Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2019, 53, (3), 1209-1238 Downloads View citations (1)

2018

  1. Does econometric methodology matter to rank universities? An analysis of Italian higher education system
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2018, 62, (C), 104-120 Downloads View citations (15)
  2. Investigating the non-linearity between national income and environmental pollution: international evidence of Kuznets curve
    Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2018, 20, (1), 179-210 Downloads View citations (11)
  3. The contribution of university, private and public sector resources to Italian regional innovation system (in)efficiency
    The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2018, 43, (2), 432-457 Downloads View citations (22)

2017

  1. Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017, 68, (3), 749-780 Downloads View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Innovation and University-Firm R&D Collaboration in the European Food and Drink Industry, CSEF Working Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (1) (2016)
  2. Investigating the Human Capital Development–growth Nexus
    International Regional Science Review, 2017, 40, (6), 638-678 Downloads View citations (8)

2016

  1. A DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE APPROACH APPLIED TO HIGHER EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS OF TEACHING-RELATED OUTPUT EFFICIENCY
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2016, 87, (2), 145-173 Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008–2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2016, 55, (C), 47-58 Downloads View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity, Working papers (2015) Downloads View citations (5) (2015)
  3. Managerial Efficiency in Higher Education Using Individual Versus Aggregate Level Data. Does the choice of Decision Making Units Count?
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2016, 37, (2), 106-126 Downloads View citations (6)
  4. Measuring Efficiency in Higher Education: An Empirical Study Using a Bootstrapped Data Envelopment Analysis
    International Advances in Economic Research, 2016, 22, (1), 11-33 Downloads View citations (12)
  5. On the causal effect of religiosity on life satisfaction using a propensity score matching technique
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2016, 43, (10), 1031-1048 Downloads View citations (2)
  6. On the relationship among efficiency, capitalization and risk: does management matter in local banking market?
    Applied Economics, 2016, 48, (41), 3912-3934 Downloads View citations (6)
  7. Risk and regulation: A difference-in-differences analysis for Italian local banks
    Finance Research Letters, 2016, 17, (C), 25-32 Downloads View citations (14)

2015

  1. Did fiscal institutions affect Wagner's law in Italy during 1951-2009 period? An empirical analysis
    Applied Economics, 2015, 47, (59), 6409-6424 Downloads View citations (7)

2014

  1. Financial development and local growth: evidence from highly disaggregated Italian data
    Applied Financial Economics, 2014, 24, (24), 1605-1615 Downloads View citations (26)
  2. Local financial development and economic growth: an outlook on italian territorial data
    Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, 2014, (1-2), 187-216 Downloads View citations (2)
 
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