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Per il Basile italiano: "La Venere addolorata"
No full textNel saggio si analizza un "libretto" melodrammatico di G.B. Basile, piuttosto ignorato dalla critica, nei suoi rapporti con la corte Gonzaghesca e con i poeti contemporanei, particolarmente Marino.The essay concerns an operatic libretto by G. B. Basile, a very interesting text that critics have almost been ignoring. The point of view is oriented towards the relationship with Gonzaga's Court and the other coeval poets
Export Behaviour of Italian Manufacturing Firms Over the Nineties: the Role of Innovation
No full textThis paper analyses the relationship between innovation and export behaviour of Italian manufacturing firms in different
exchange rate regimes. The paper is based on a sample including firms which have carried out an innovative activity through
R&D investments and/or investments in new plants or equipment. Export behaviour is defined in a dual way: as a probability
for a firm to export and as the propensity to export for the exporting firms. An empirical model of the determinants of export
behaviour is estimated using the Cragg’s specification of the Tobit model. The results suggest that innovation capabilities
are very important competitive factors and help explain heterogeneity in export behaviour among Italian firms. However,
the exchange rate devaluation reduces the importance of technological competitiveness in affecting exports because it allows
also non-innovating firms to enter foreign markets. Moreover, once new firms have entered the market, they continue to be
exporters also when the exchange rate returns to its previous level (hysteresis). The export intensity of innovating firms is
systematically higher than that of non-innovating firms. The paper provides also specific evidence on export behaviour of
firms localised in the south of the country (Mezzogiorno)
Barocco italiano; Giovan Battista Basile
No full textSi tratta di due capitoli del volume Letteratura curato da Giulio Ferroni, in cui si definiscono le coordinate del Barocco in una chiave originale e si rivede l'opera del Basile, considerando non soltanto il Cunto de li Cunti, ma anche le opere volgari.These are two chapters of the volume titled Letteratura, ed. by Giulio Ferroni; the first is dedicated to a reassessment of the concept of Baroque in a new perspective; the second is a little monograph about the author of Lo Cunto de li Cunti, considering also his literary production in italian language
Productivity polarization across regions in Europe: The Role of Nonlinearities and Spatial dependence
No full textThe regional distribution of labor productivity in Western Europe is characterized
by a core-periphery spatial pattern: high (low)-productivity regions are in a proximate
relationship with other high (low)-productivity regions. Over the period
1980–2003, intradistribution dynamics has generated long-run multiple equilibria
with the formation of two clubs of convergence. The observed dynamics can be
only marginally explained by nonlinear (threshold) effects in the accumulation of
physical capital. In contrast, the joint effect of spatial dependence and nonlinearities
in growth behavior plays a key role in determining multiple equilibria and reinforcing
polarization of labor productivity
Acquisition Versus Greenfield Investment: the Location of Foreign Manufacturers in Italy
No full textWe investigate the location of FDI in Italy over the period 1988–1999. FDIs are measured through the frequencies of acquisitions and greenfield investments per province and sector, so count data models are applied. The results show that the location determinants strongly differ according to the foreign entry mode
Regional Economic Growth in Europe: a Semiparametric Spatial Dependence Approach
No full textIn this article a semiparametric spatial Durbin model is employed to analyse the
growth behaviour of 155 European regions in the period 1988–2000. This specification combines
the semiparametric approach with the usual parametric spatial econometric technique to
accommodate both spatial dependence and nonlinearities as suggested by recent neoclassical
growth models with spatial technological interdependence. The results provide evidence of
nonlinearities in the effect of initial per capita incomes and human capital investments. Moreover,
the specification used allows identifying the effect of the interaction between the characteristics
(initial conditions and structural variables) of each region and those of its neighbours.
Finally, it shows some indication of global spillovers across-country and local spatial spillovers
from domestic neighbours
Audiomobiles, Sculptures and Conundrums
No full textRoberto Gerhard was a pioneer of electronic music in England creating a number of substantial concert, theatre and radio works from as early as 1954. Gerhard’s electronic music is one of the richest repositories for understanding the development of the composer’s late compositional technique. Apart from the Symphony no.3, ‘Collages’, none of Gerhard’s electronic music is published. This paper will discuss aspects of Gerhard’s electronic music, focusing on Audiomobiles (1958-59) and Sculptures (1963)
Nonlinearities in Interregional Migration Behavior: Evidence from the United States
No full textTraditional ‘‘Marshallian’’ theories predict a linear relationship between internal
migration and regional wage differentials. Using panel data on gross place-to-place
migration flows in the United States, we estimate a semiparametric version of the
modified gravity model and find evidence of a nonlinear effect of wage differentials in
line with alternative theories of interregional migration, including the ‘‘option value
of waiting’’ theory, liquidity constraints, and wealth-conditioned immobility. Traditionally,
the migration decision process is believed to be mainly composed of two
criteria: ‘‘whether to move’’ and ‘‘where to move.’’ However, the empirical evidence
of nonlinearity found in this study supports the potential presence of another
important decision criterion, ‘‘when to move’’ on interregional migration
The market value of political partisanship: Quasi-experimental evidence from municipal elections
No full textDo different political parties implement divergent policies which impact the citizens’welfare? The overheated debate notwithstanding, it is far from clear if this is really the case.Whereas current literature focuses on specific policy outcomes, we use real estate prices to eval-uate the economic impact of municipal policies. Using a new dataset on Italian municipal elec-tions and real estate prices, we employ a regression di scontinuity (RD) approach to detect thecausal effect of a change in municipal majorities. We find no difference between the effectsof the policies enacted by left and right-wing parties. Further evidence from municipal balancesheets confirms that the observed difference s in fiscal behaviour are hardly relevant for realestate capitalized values
Roberto Gerhard’s Sound Compositions: A Historical-Philological Perspective. Archive, Process, Intent and reenactment
No full textThis research advances the current state of knowledge in the field of early tape music both empirically and methodologically. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact that the electronic medium exerted in the musical thinking of Roberto Gerhard, one of the most outspoken, prolific and influential composers in the Spanish diaspora whose musical legacy, for the most part unknown, is a major landmark in the early history of electroacoustic music. Gerhard’s personal tape collection, one of the largest historical archives of its kind reported in the literature, is exceptional for both its antiquity (50+-year-old tapes) and its abundance of production materials. Through the digitisation and analysis of the composer’s tape collection this research argues that the empirical study of audio documents sets out a basis for a broader understanding of textual processes. More specifically, the research demonstrates that the reconstruction of works based on magnetic tape sketches is a powerful method to advance the understanding of early tape music. This research also examines Gerhard’s sound compositions in relation to the post-war context in which they were composed. Finally, this research presents performance documentation that proposes an approach to the electroacoustic music repertoire in which creativity is not at odds with rigor and critical discernment demonstrating that archival study can be closely aligned to the concept of re-enactment
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