Accepted abstracts

Abstracts are listed alphabetically by the last name of the first author

AISSEC Conference “Re-starting Growth: Protectionism versus International Governance”

Carlin, W., and Schaffer, M. – The communist legacy and the growth of firms: Infrastructure, institutions, and constraints

Svejnar, J. – Challenges for Europe in the Global Economy

Accepted

- Amendola, A., Ferragina, A., Pittiglio, R., and Reganati, F. – How has the 2007 crisis affected firms’ survival and what policies need to be implemented? Evidence from Italy

- Aristei, D., Castellani, D., and Franco, C. – Firms’ exporting and importing activities: Is there a two-way relationship?

- Bartolucci, F., Choudhry, M. T., Marelli, E., and Signorelli, M. – Crises and labour market: Okun’s law and beyond

- Belhadj, A., and Eggoh, J. – Co-movements of business cycles in the Maghreb: Does trade matter?

- Boltho, A. – Italy, Germany, Japan: From economic miracles to virtual stagnation

- Bonfatti, R. – Foreign influence and the Cold War history of democracy in Latin America

- Bruni, S. – Dinamica della produttività e crescita della concorrenza estera in Italia. Un’analisi su due periodi: 1998-2003; 2001-2006

- Canale, R. R. – A two-countries model about fiscal sustainability in Europe

- Caroleo, F. E., Dessy, O., Fiorillo, D., and Pastore, F. – Stepping stones versus dead end jobs. A comparison of different temporary work arrangements

-  Castiglione, C., Infante, D., and Smirnova, J. – Rule of law and the environmental Kuznets curve: Some evidences across European countries

- Cerqueti, R., and Coppier, R. – Fiscal evasion in fragmented countries

- Chapman, S. – Changing trends in the regional disparities in East European regions, 1995-2007

- Chilosi, A. – Stakeholder protection in corporate governance and in the legal system, the founders’ perspective, and the varieties of capitalism

- Coccia, M. – Socio-economic forces driving technological and economic change: A comparative analysis considering democratization of countries

- Cutrini, E., and Galeazzi, G. – International business cycles synchronization: New evidence on the emerging markets decoupling hypothesis

- Cutrini, E., Savic N., Spigarelli F. – Industrial upgrading in producer-driven networks: Pushing Serbian companies in the international value chain

- Cutrini, E., and Valentini, E. – What determines the nature of regional specialization? Evidence from Italy

- Damiani, M., Pompei, F., and Ricci, A. – The economic effects of employment protection of temporary jobs: Evidence from EU-industry-level data

- De Antoni, E. – Cooperative banks. A Minskyan perspective

- Drago, S. – Crescita, sviluppo economico e governance internazionale nell’economia sociale di mercato di origine italiana

- Duri, V. – Impact of migratori movements on Albanian economy (after 1990)

- Franco, C., Marzucchi, A., Montresor, S. – Cleaning the face of absorptive capacity: An empirical investigation for 3 European countries

- Franco, C., and Leoncini, R. – Measuring China’s innovative capacity: A stochastic frontier exercise

- Giallonardo, L., and Mulino, M. – Heterogeneous firms and CSR sorting

- Golikova, V., Gonchar, K., and Kuznetsov, B. – Does international trade provide incentives for efficient behavior of the Russian manufacturing firms?

- Kadas, C. – Financial liberalization in the new EU member states: Where to draw the Line?

- Khan, M. – Inflation and structural output growth variability in Bulgaria

- Lilla, M., and Staffolani, S. – Individual and households vulnerability to the financial crisis in Italy

- Lo Bue, M. C. – Sources of Dutch disease: Evidence from transition economies 1990-2007

- Maletto, F. – Ruolo dell’innovazione e trasferimento di tecnologia pulita nella formulazione di politiche ambientali riferite ai cambiamenti climatici

- Marelli, E. P. , Patuelli, R., and Signorelli, M. – Regional unemployment in the EU before and after the Global Crisis

- Marelli, E. P., Signorelli, M., and Tyrowicz, J. – Crises and joint employment-productivity dynamics: A comparative perspective for European countries

- Masina, P. – When the geese stop flying: The challenges for industrial upgrading in Southeast Asia

- Mathews, J. – Industrial clusters in East Asia: The Hsinchu Model - Collective efficiency, increasing returns and higher-order capabilities in the Hsinchu Science-based Industry Park, Taiwan

- Michelangeli, A. , Brambilla, M. G., and Peluso, E. – Equity in the city: On measuring urban (ine)quality of life

- Michelini, L. – Antonio Pesenti e i sistemi economici

- Montalbano, P., and Nenci, S. – “New” gravity estimates for the “new” EU-MED Partnership after the European Neighbourhood Policy

- Morettini, G. , Tamberi, M., and Presbitero, A. F. – Migrazioni internazionali e benessere: Una verifica empirica su dati provinciali

- Napolitano, O. – Convergenza regionale in Italia e il ritardo del Mezzogiorno: Una prospettiva allometrica

- Navarra, C., and Tortia, E. – Employer’s moral hazard and the emergence of worker cooperatives

- Perugini, C., Pompei, F., and Holscher, J. – Earnings inequality and labour market flexibility across Europe

- Ramazzotti, P. – Social costs and normative economics

- Rana, A. T. – The economic and political determinants of trade agreements

- Ricciuti, R., and Zardo, E. – Hispaniola e la divergenza economica: Haiti e la Repubblica Dominicana a confronto

- Senior, S. – EU enlargement and theories of economic integration

- Spinesi, L. – Heterogeneous and imperfect IPRs: Who does really gain from IPRs harmonization?

- Valli, V., and Saccone, D. – Does it exist a demographic Kuznets curve?

- Weiss, L. – Developmental militarism and the American state

- Zenasni, S. – International financial integration and economic growth: Empirical evidence for Maghreb countries

EAEPE-AISSEC Joint Special Session on “The Policy Issues Facing The European Monetary Union” (Organised by P. Ramazzotti)

- Marangoni, G., and Solari, S. – The making of the new European periphery: Institutional change and the Monetary Union

- Tridico, P. – Varieties of capitalism and financial crisis responses: The European social model versus the US model

- Tropeano, D., and Vercelli, A. – The Sovereign Debt in the Eurozone: Financial fragility, contagion and policy implications