Research

AREAS of RESEARCH:

Institutions and economic system

• Institutions in an historical and economic perspective
• Evolution of the economic thinking about the role of institutions
• Political cycles and economic performance
• Fiscal decentralization
• Efficiency of the civil and penal Judiciary system
• Economics and politics of culture
• Market failures and regulation
• Strategic interaction and game theory for the analysis of institutions
• Theory and practice of non-profit organisations
• Global governance

Analysis of economic policies

• Stabilisation policies ad international economic interdependence
• Factoral analysis in Macroeconomic
• Forecasting and monetary shocks
• Competition and anti-trust policies
• Regulation of network services
• Tributary systems
• Private sector development policies
• The policies of the European Commission
• The agricultural policies of countries and international organisations
• Trade and environmental policies
• The evaluation of public policies

Development, growth and innovation

• Technological capabilities, learning and innovation
• Global value chains, clusters, innovation and competitiveness
• The Institutional determinants of growth
• Human and sustainable development and its measurement
• Poverty: measurement and policies
• Local and regional development policies
• Science and technology policies in developed and developing countries
• Tourism economics and local development