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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
   See also Journal Article Exploring hospital efficiency within and between Italian regions: new empirical evidence, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer (2022) 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
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 View citations (2)
   Also in Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica (2020) 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

2019

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

2018

7. 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 View citations (1)
8. Market Structure and Financial Stability: Theory and Evidence
   CELPE Discussion Papers, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy View citations (1)

2017

9. 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 View citations (4)
10. 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 View citations (2)
11. 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 View citations (1)
12. 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 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) View citations (37) (2019)

2016

13. Innovation Processes and Environmental Safety
    CELPE Discussion Papers, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy
14. 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 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) View citations (15) (2017)
15. Investigating the impact of national income on environmental pollution. International evidence
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
16. 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)

2015

17. Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity
    Working papers, Società Italiana di Economia Pubblica 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) View citations (19) (2016)
18. Explaining (in)efficiency in higher education: a comparison of parametric and non-parametric analyses to rank universities
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
19. Regional innovation system (in)efficiency and its determinants: an empirical evidence from Italian regions
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2014

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

2013

25. 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 View citations (7)
26. 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 View citations (4)

2011

27. Risk and Regulation: The Efficiency of Italian Cooperative Banks
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy 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
2. Are cooperative and commercial banks equally effective in reducing the shadow economy? International evidence
   Economic Modelling, 2024, 138, (C)
3. Bank cost efficiency and underground economy: The asymmetric impact of cooperative and non-cooperative banks
   The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 2024, 30, (C)
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) 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
6. Does institutional quality matter for bioeconomy performance? Insights from Italian regions
   Economic Change and Restructuring, 2024, 57, (6), 1-31
7. Environmental performance of countries. Examining the effect of diverse institutional factors in a metafrontier approach
   Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2024, 95, (C)
8. Institutional quality and bioeconomy performance in European countries: Unveiling the evidence
   Ecological Economics, 2024, 220, (C) View citations (2)
9. Research and knowledge transfer performance in Colombian universities
   Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2024, 58, (1), 77-96 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
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)
12. The interaction between corruption, bank cost efficiency and economic development in Italy
    Economic Systems, 2024, 48, (3)
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

2023

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

2022

22. 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
23. Employment and Depressive Symptoms in Italy: the Need for Policy Measures
    Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, 2022, 130, (4), 323-362
24. Exploring hospital efficiency within and between Italian regions: new empirical evidence
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2022, 57, (3), 269-284 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) (2020)
25. Financial stability and local economic development: the experience of Italian labour market areas
    Empirical Economics, 2022, 62, (4), 1951-1979 View citations (4)
26. 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 View citations (2)
27. Gender differences in weight status and early school leaving in Italy
    Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2022, 14, (3), 644-666
28. Governmental stability and emigration in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of skills and gender
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2022, 50, (7), 1450-1466
29. 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 View citations (7)
30. On the impact of knowledge and institutional spillovers on RIS efficiency. Evidence from Italian regional level
    Growth and Change, 2022, 53, (2), 702-752 View citations (2)
31. 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
32. What matters in educational performance? Evidence from OECD and non-OECD countries
    Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2022, 56, (6), 4335-4394 View citations (1)

2021

33. 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) View citations (3)
34. Green Energies, Employment, and Institutional Quality: Some Evidence for the OECD
    Sustainability, 2021, 13, (6), 1-21 View citations (3)
35. 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 View citations (4)
36. 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 View citations (4)
37. 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 View citations (8)
38. The role of nonlinearity on the financial development–economic performance nexus: an econometric application to Italian banks
    Empirical Economics, 2021, 60, (5), 2293-2322 View citations (2)

2020

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

2019

42. Academic excellence, local knowledge spillovers and innovation in Europe
    Regional Studies, 2019, 53, (7), 1058-1069 View citations (12)
43. Are Green Energies Employment Friendly? Empirical Evidence for Some OECD Countries over the 1985–2013 Period
    Sustainability, 2019, 11, (14), 1-17 View citations (1)
44. 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 View citations (13)
45. Cooperation, diffusion of technology and environmental protection: a new index
    Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2019, 53, (4), 1913-1940 View citations (1)
46. Market power and stability of financial institutions: evidence from the Italian banking sector
    Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 2019, 28, (2), 235-265 View citations (2)
47. 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 View citations (37)
    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) View citations (5) (2017)
48. 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 View citations (1)

2018

49. Does econometric methodology matter to rank universities? An analysis of Italian higher education system
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2018, 62, (C), 104-120 View citations (15)
50. 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 View citations (11)
51. 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 View citations (24)

2017

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

2016

54. 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 View citations (3)
55. Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008–2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity
    Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2016, 55, (C), 47-58 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Evaluating the efficiency of Italian public universities (2008-2011) in presence of (unobserved) heterogeneity, Working papers (2015) View citations (5) (2015)
56. 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 View citations (6)
57. Measuring Efficiency in Higher Education: An Empirical Study Using a Bootstrapped Data Envelopment Analysis
    International Advances in Economic Research, 2016, 22, (1), 11-33 View citations (12)
58. 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 View citations (2)
59. On the relationship among efficiency, capitalization and risk: does management matter in local banking market?
    Applied Economics, 2016, 48, (41), 3912-3934 View citations (6)
60. Risk and regulation: A difference-in-differences analysis for Italian local banks
    Finance Research Letters, 2016, 17, (C), 25-32 View citations (14)

2015

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

2014

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