8 January 2014
Working Paper
132 – Information & belief elicitation effects on charitable giving: An artefactual field experiment
Abstract We examine by means of an artefactual field experiment on a representative sample of Italian adults, the impact of information and belief elicitation on charitable-giving […] Read More
31 December 2013
Working Paper
A comparative study of the institutional context for employee participation in organisational governance in Australia and Italy Abstract The current paper is a comparative analysis of […] Read More
15 November 2013
Working Paper
Abstract Corporate social responsibility implies extra care for the wellbeing of stakeholders different from shareholders. In our theoretical model we show that, when this principle implies […] Read More
8 November 2013
Working Paper
Abstract With an online survey on major Italian newspapers we ask respondents to simulate the typical policymaker decision, that is, the dilemma of allocating scarce financial […] Read More
31 October 2013
Working Paper
Abstract The legal origin literature documents that civil and common law traditions have different impact on rules and economic outcomes. We contribute to this literature by […] Read More
31 July 2013
Working Paper
Abstract We study the screening problem of a firm that needs to hire a worker to produce output and that observes neither the productive ability nor […] Read More
15 July 2013
Working Paper
Abstract We study the Lemons Problem when workers have private information on both their skills and their intrinsic motivation for the job offered by firms in […] Read More
14 July 2013
Working Paper
Abstract Cooperatives are characterised by mutual-benefit coordination mechanisms aimed at the fulfilment of members’ participation rights. This paper explores the institutional elements that regulate individual behaviour […] Read More
3 July 2013
Working Paper
ABSTRACT We here present the main final results coming from four different on-the-field fair trade impact studies, confronting them with the most recent literature and deriving […] Read More
27 March 2013
Working Paper
121- Sociability is like skiing: multiple equilibria in education, sociability and life satisfaction
Abstract Empirical evidence documents that other regarding activities (voluntary/charity work, helping friends/neighbours) done with other regarding motivations contribute positively and signi cantly to subjective wellbeing. The […] Read More