231 research outputs found

    Does military spending stimulate growth? An empirical investigation in Italy

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    This paper investigates the effect of military burden on economic growth and extends previous works on the optimal size of government expenditure by exploring how external threat affects the preferences of the households and, in turn, economic growth. Post World War II Italian data are used to estimate nonlinear growth models using time-series semi-parametric methods. The estimates show that total government and civilian burdens are productive, whereas, military burden has significant effects on economic growth through the expenditure for peacekeeping missions, which reduces the insecurity in the home country. This may justify economically the current not negligible budget devoted to peacekeeping and humanitarian missions

    Quality principles for cultural Web sites: a Handbook

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    printed and on-line versions, co-author with Eelco Bruinsma, Christophe Dessaux, Ciaran Clissman, Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, David Dawson, Isabelle Dujacquier, Axel Ermert, Pierluigi Feliciati, Fedora Filippi, Muriel Foulonneau, Antonella Fresa, Monika Hagedorn-Saupe, Annette Kelly, Brian Kelly, Daniel Malbert, Andrea Mulrenin, Stefan Rhode-Enslin, Marius Snyders, Gert Van Tittelboom, Frank von Hage

    Erosion de la nature, stratification de l'humain. Tournant ontologique et écologie sémiotique

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    The article “Érosion de la nature, stratification de l’humain: Tournant ontologique et écologie sémiotique” by Pierluigi Basso Fossali explores the interplay between ecological thought and semiotics, emphasizing the ontological challenges posed by the relationship between nature and culture. The author critiques the oversimplification of nature as a static regulatory principle, advocating instead for a dynamic semiotic ecology that acknowledges the interdependence of cultures, environments, and symbolic systems. The text highlights the necessity of rethinking environmental discourse through a multi-layered perspective that transcends traditional dichotomies, such as nature versus culture, while embracing the epistemological contributions of diverse civilizations. By integrating the notions of resistance, translation, and intersubjectivity, the article argues for a pluralistic understanding of ecological frameworks as both cultural constructs and practical paradigms for addressing global environmental challenges

    Playing with autism. Encountering Simona Concaro by her music. Vol. 1.1

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    Playing with Autism contains twenty-four original pieces for piano, recorded and carefully transcribed in current music notation by Pierluigi Politi and Hanna Shybayeva. Simona Concaro, the author, is a young woman suffering of low-functioning autism. She lives in Cascina Rossago, a farm-community, designed to meet the needs of people with autism, in Oltrepo pavese (Italy). Since she was three, Simona Concaro has created original compositions on piano, instrument she learned by herself, refusing any kind of musical education. In everyday life, Simona does not use verbal language and has low autonomy. Her music, on the contrary, contains interesting features – melodic, rhythmic and harmonic –, even in the presence of some iterative elements, typical of the autistic spectrum

    Chiassoni, Pierluigi. El análisis económico del derecho. Lima: Palestra Editores, 2013

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    The book The Economic Analysis of Law, published by Palestra Editores in 2013 and written by Pierluigi Chiassoni, is a translation of the original Italian work Law and Economics. L’analisi economica del diritto negli Stati Uniti (Turin: Giappichelli, 1992). The author holds a law degree from the Università di Genova, an LL.M. from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Analytical Philosophy and General Theory of Law from the University of Milan.El libro El análisis económico del derecho, publicado por Palestra Editores en 2013 y escrito por Pierluigi Chiassoni, constituye la traducción de la obra original en italiano, Law and Economics. L´aalisi economica del diritto negli Stati Uniti. Turín: Giappicheli, 1992. El autor es licenciado en Derecho por la Università di Genova, magíster en Derecho por la Universidad de Cornell y doctor en Filosofía Analítica y Teoría General del Derecho por la Universidad de Milán
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