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🆕 paper out in Futures by Fabiano Compagnucci & Gabriele Morettini in which they discuss the risks of mountain 🏔️ depopulation using the 2016-17 seismic crater in Central Italy as case study. To read the paper 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📊 Il TG di Rete8News parla della ricerca sulle potenzialità del commercio nel centro storico aquilano post-ricostruzione portata avanti da @afaggian e Giovanni Baiocchetti 👇 rete8.it/cronaca/123ric…

🆕paper in our DP Series explores how tourism development affects economic resilience in Italian municipalities 🇮🇹. Results reveal tourism can be a vulnerability and recovery driver during crises. Check out this analysis by Giulia Iannone 👇 gssi.it/images/discuss…

🤖 New Discussion Paper reveals dual impact of robotisation on health. While reducing workplace accidents, it relates to more mental health issues, and geography matters. Key findings on tech & wellbeing from Arsène Paolo Veneri & Fabiano Compagnucci 👇gssi.it/images/discuss…

second day of the REDI Consortium workshop on natural disasters. PhD students & senior academics discussing cutting-edge research on risk reduction and natural shocks (@afaggian @Marko_Modica Giulio Breglia)

🆕 paper in Research Policy by Andrea Ascani & Lakshmi Balachandran Nair on zombie firms 🧟‍♀️🏭. They find that -in Italy🇮🇹- zombie firms make it harder for healthy firms to innovate through tighter credit markets & increased competition. Read the paper 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🆕 Discussion Paper explores municipal merger effects in Italy🇮🇹 Research shows complex dynamics in local public spending, with clear geographic & efficiency patterns. Key findings from Carlo Caporali, Giovanni Baiocchetti, @afaggian & Francesco Scotti 👇 gssi.it/images/discuss…

🆕 IZA working paper by Alessandro Palma uncovers a double effect of high temperatures in education: decreased student performance & increased score manipulation. An impact more concerning than previously thought (joint with Daniela Vuri & @RosarioBallator) docs.iza.org/dp17643.pdf

Out now in our DP series 🆕research on 🧟‍♂️zombie firms & market competition in Italy. The work by Francesco Androni, Andrea Ascani & Alberto Marzucchi finds that new business entries & innovation intensity help clear the market of underperforming firms. gssi.it/images/discuss…

NEW paper out in Annals of Regional Science by Marino, Sandro Montresor & @afaggian. Using data from Italy🇮🇹 they find that regions with higher bridging social capital had greater innovation 💡resilience after the 2007 crisis. 👇 doi.org/10.1007/s00168… OA

📊New paper in PIRS by @Fmaros @afaggian Wessel Vermeulen & Andrea Ascani: COVID-19's impact on Italian jobs showed stark north-south divide 🦠. Higher cases → initial job loss, but boosted essential work up north. South hit harder despite fewer cases. OA 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Well done @Fmaros ! 🎉

Il progetto CTE SICURA avvia un’analisi conoscitiva per capire come le imprese abruzzesi utilizzano l'Industria4.0 per ridurre il loro impatto ambientale. 🌱 Focus su sostenibilità e innovazione (@MIMIT_gov @afaggian Luca Cattani Comune dell'Aquila) ctesicuralaquila.it

Out in Documenti Geografici two articles authored by three faculty staff, Giovanna Di Matteo, Giulia Urso & Margherita Grazioli documentigeografici.it/index.php/docu… documentigeografici.it/index.php/docu…

In our DP series ➡️research on economic cycles & productivity in Europe 🇪🇺 by Coppola, Destefanis & Nunziante. They find that the Great Recession boosted efficiency catch-up but severely hampered technical progress. Overall TFP growth fell during slump. gssi.it/images/discuss…

💥Excited💥to announce our Workshop on Environmental & Health Economics! Join us in Rome on June 23-24, 2025. 👉🏻Keynotes by Matthew Neidell Ludovica Gazzè ⏰ Deadline: April 15. Organized by Università Cattolica GSSI Social Sciences Supported by: EAERE IAERE Italian Assoc. of Environ. & Resource Econ.

📢We are co-organizing w/ Università Cattolica the Environmental & Health Economics Workshop in Rome (June 23-24) Support IAERE Italian Assoc. of Environ. & Resource Econ. EAERE ⏲️Paper deadline: April 15 🔦Keynotes: Matthew Neidell Ludovica Gazzè 🗒️tinyurl.com/59a99tcf Our team: Alessandro Palma @Marko_Modica Carlo Caporali

📢🆕DP series release. Studying the 1980 earthquake in Southern Italy 🇮🇹, Attanasi, Nese, Sbriglia & Senatore find that it had lasting impacts on trust, reciprocity & risk aversion. More 👇 gssi.it/images/discuss…

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