ISAE Working Papers

The Working Paper series Documenti di Lavoro hosts the preliminary results of research projects carried out within the ISAE. Their quality and diffusion are subject to the favourable opinion of an anonymous referee. The series is meant for experts and policy-makers with the aim of submitting proposals and raising suggestions and criticism.

The Working Papers drawn up in English may be downloaded from the web site. An English abstract is also available of Italian Working Papers (for full Italian texts see http://www.isae.it/pubbli_lista_elenco_wp.htm).

For technical reasons, not all Tables of some Working Papers  are available on line. The full text is available at the ISAE Library.

ISAE Working Papers produced in 2006

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Title

Author(s)

66

CONSUMERS SENTIMENT AND COGNITIVE MACROECONOMETRICS PARADOXES AND EXPLANATIONS

Maurizio Bovi

65

CLIMA DI FIDUCIA E SPESA DELLE FAMIGLIE IN ITALIA: UN'ANALISI DISAGGREGATA SECONDO IL REDDITO DEGLI INTERVISTATI

Solange Leproux, Marco Malgarini

64

IL FUTURO DEI FONDI PENSIONE: OPPORTUNITA' E SCELTE SULLA DESTINAZIONE DEL TFR

Maria Cozzolino, Fernando Di Nicola, Michele Raitano

63

THE CROSS-COUNTRY EFFECTS OF EU HOLIDAYS ON DOMESTIC GDP'S

Giancarlo Bruno, Claudio Lupi, Carmine Pappalardo, Gianfranco Piras

62

THE CYCLICAL BEHAVIOR OF SHADOW AND REGULAR EMPLOYMENT

Maurizio Bovi

ISAE Working Papers produced in 2005

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Title

Author(s)

61

BOOK-TAX GAP. AN INCOME HORSE RACE

Maurizio Bovi

60

EURO AREA INFLATION: LONG-RUN DETERMINANTS AND SHORT-RUN DYNAMICS

Melisso Boschi, Alessandro Girardi

59

EQUIVALENZA RICARDIANA IN ECONOMIA APERTA: UN'ANALISI DINAMICA SU DATI PANEL

Patrizia Margani, Roberto Ricciuti

58

PSYCHOLOGY, CONSUMER SENTIMENT AND HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES: A DISAGGREGATED ANALYSIS

Marco Malgarini, Patrizia Margani

57

STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND DEVIATIONS FROM THE PPP WITHIN THE EURO AREA

Daniele Antonucci, Alessandro Girardi

56

USING THE RESULTS OF QUALITATIVE SURVEYS IN QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

Enrico D'Elia

55

USING SPATIAL PANEL DATA IN MODELLING REGIONAL GROWTH AND CONVERGENCE

Giuseppe Arbia, Roberto Basile, Gianfranco Piras

54

DOES JOB SECURITY MATTER FOR CONSUMPTION? AN ANALYSIS ON ITALIAN MICRODATA

Clemente De Lucia, Mara Meacci

53

UNIT ROOT AND COINTEGRATION TESTS FOR CROSS-SECTIONALLY CORRELATED PANELS. ESTIMATING REGIONAL PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS

Roberto Basile, Mauro Costantini, Sergio Destefanis

52

HUB-AND-SPOKE OR ELSE? FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS IN THE "ENLARGED" EUROPEAN UNION

Luca De Benedictis, Roberta De Santis, Claudio Vicarelli

51

CONVERGENCE IN PER-CAPITA GDP ACROSS EUROPEAN REGIONS USING PANEL DATA MODELS EXTENDED TO SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION EFFECTS

Giuseppe Arbia, Gianfranco Piras

50

L'INCHIESTA ISAE SUGLI INVESTIMENTI DELLE IMPRESE MANIFATTURIERE ED ESTRATTIVE: ASPETTI METODOLOGICI E RISULTATI

Tatiana Cesaroni, Marco Malgarini, Gaia Rocchetti

49

BUILDING SMOOTH INDICATORS NEARLY FREE OF END-OF-SAMPLE REVISIONS

Claudia Cicconi

48

THINGS CHANGE. FOREIGN MARKET PENETRATION AND FIRMS' BEHAVIOUR IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS

Roberto Basile, Anna Giunta

47

RE-ENGINEERING THE ISAE MANUFACTURING SURVEY

Marco Malgarini, Patrizia Margani, Bianca Maria Martelli

ISAE Working Papers produced in 2004

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Title

Author(s)

46

THE DARK, AND INDEPENDENT, SIDE OF ITALY

Maurizio Bovi

45

HOW INTENSE IS COMPETITION IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS OF TRADITIONAL GOODS? THE CASE OF ITALIAN EXPORTERS

Sergio de Nardis, Cristina Pensa

44

TRADE POTENTIALS IN GRAVITY PANEL DATA MODELS

Luca De Benedictis, Claudio Vicarelli

43

HAS TRADE STRUCTURE ANY IMPORTANCE IN THE TRANSMISSION OF CURRENCY SHOCKS? AN EMPIRICAL APPLICATION FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ACCEDING COUNTRIES TO EU

Roberta De Santis

42

VECTOR-AUTO-REGRESSION APPROACH TO FORECAST ITALIAN IMPORTS

Carmine Pappalardo, Gianfranco Piras

41

DATING THE ITALIAN BUSINESS CYCLE: A COMPARISON OF PROCEDURES

Giancarlo Bruno, Edoardo Otranto

40

NON LINEARITA' E DINAMICA DELLA DIMENSIONE D'IMPRESA IN ITALIA

Roberto Basile, Sergio de Nardis

ISAE Working Papers produced in 2003

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Title

Author(s)

39

PRODUCTIVITY SLOWDOWN AND THE ROLE OF THE ICT IN ITALY: A FIRM-LEVEL ANALYSIS

Carlo Milana, Alessandro Zeli

38

REGOLAZIONE DEL MERCATO DEL LAVORO E CRESCITA DIMENSIONALE DELLE IMPRESE: UNA VERIFICA SULL'EFFETTO SOGLIA DEI 15 DIPENDENTI

Sergio de Nardis, Massimo Mancini, Carmine Pappalardo

37

A NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CYCLES

Maurizio Bovi

36

SOGLIE DIMENSIONALI E REGOLAZIONE DEL RAPPORTO DI LAVORO IN ITALIA

Gianni Principe

35

ESTIMATION OF HOUSEHOLDS INCOME FROM BRACKETED INCOME SURVEY DATA

Enrico D'Elia, Bianca Maria Martelli

34

WAGE SETTERS, CENTRAL BANK CONSERVATISM AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

Clemente De Lucia

33

FORECASTING EURO-AREA INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION USING (MOSTLY)\ BUSINESS SURVEYS DATA

Giancarlo Bruno, Claudio Lupi

32

L'INCHIESTA ISAE-UE PRESSO LE IMPRESE DEL COMMERCIO AL MINUTO TRADIZIONALE E DELLA GRANDE DISTRIBUZIONE: LA REVISIONE DELL'IMPIANTO METODOLOGICO

Solange Leproux

31

THE IMPACT OF EURO ON TRADE: THE (EARLY) EFFECT IS NOT SO LARGE

Sergio de Nardis, Claudio Vicarelli

30

IL MERCATO E LE POLITICHE ECONOMICHE IN ITALIA

Fiorella Kostoris Padoa Schioppa

ISAE Working Papers produced in 2002

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Title

Author(s)

29

REGIONAL CONVERGENCE IN ITALY 1951-1999: A SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC PERSPECTIVE

Giuseppe Arbia, Roberto Basile, Mirella Salvatore

28

AN INDICATOR OF ECONOMIC SENTIMENT FOR THE ITALIAN ECONOMY

Giancarlo Bruno, Marco Malgarini

27

ACQUISITION VERSUS GREENFIELD INVESTMENT: THE LOCATION OF FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS IN ITALY

Roberto Basile

26

THE NATURE OF THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY. SOME EVIDENCE FROM OECD COUNTRIES

Maurizio Bovi

25

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE BEFORE AND AFTER THE KYOTO PROTOCOL: A SURVEY

Margherita Cagiano de Azevedo

ISAE Working Papers produced in 2001

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Title

Author(s)

24

TAXES AND LOCATION OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES 

Roberta De Santis, M.Cristina Mercuri and Claudio Vicarelli 

23

REGIONAL INEQUALITIES AND COHESION POLICIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 

Roberto Basile, Sergio de Nardis and Alessandro Girardi

22

A TALE ON INFORMATION AND WAGE EXPECTATIONS

Maria De Paola, Claudio Lupi and Patrizia Ordine 

21

THE CHOICE OF TIME INTERVAL IN SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: CHARACTERIZATION AND TOOLS

Giancarlo Bruno and Edoardo Otranto

20

FORECASTING INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND THE EARLY DETECTION OF TURNING POINTS

Giancarlo Bruno and Claudio Lupi 

19

MEDITERRANEO E BALCANI: DUE AREE DI CRISI E DI OPPORTUNITA' ALLA PERIFERIA DELL'UNIONE EUROPEA

Mariateresa Fiocca 

18 

SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT OF ITALIAN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX USING TRAMO-SEATS

Giancarlo Bruno

17

TENTATIVE BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDICATORS FOR THE ITALIAN ECONOMY 

Paolo Carnazza and Giuseppe Parigi

16

DETERMINANTS OF FDI INFLOWS IN EUROPE: THE ROLE OF THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT AND ITALY'S RELATIVE POSITION

Roberta De Santis and Claudio Vicarelli 

15

THE ROLE OF SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC INFORMATION IN INDUSTRIAL FIRMS’ STRATEGIES

Paolo Carnazza 

14

THE LOCATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN-OWNED MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN ITALY: THE ROLE OF THE SOUTH

Roberto Basile 

 

 

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