Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Amedeo Fossati Title: The Luigi Einaudi vs. Mauro Fasiani epistemological debate (1938-1943): the end of the italian tradition in Public Finance Abstract: The epistemological debate between Luigi Einaudi and Mauro Fasiani is discussed herein by considering not only the essays published in journals, but also the private letters of the two discussants, notably Fasiani?s recently discovered unsent correspondence. Revisiting the entire discussion is of considerable interest for understanding the history of economic thought, not to mention the current relevance of the arguments raised, which relate to the different perspectives by which science may be considered and to the different answers to problems such as the cognitive capability of economic science and the relationship among science, value judg ments, and economic policies. The debate allows us to infer that in those years, Einaudi did not believe the theory of public finance to be independent of economic science, concluding that the Italian tradition was essentially over. On the contrary, Fasiani believed in the autonomy of the theory of public finance, and was the last scholar still working to build a unifying design covering the entire set of public interventions in the economy. Classification-JEL: B13, B2, B31, B41, H1, H2 Keywords: Note: Pages:5-33 Volume: 2014/113 Year: 2014 Issue:113 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54694&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-113001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Carlo Panico Author-Name: Antonio Pinto Title: Bassa crescita dell?economia o elevato sviluppo del settore finanziario? Alcune annotazioni sul recente libro di Piketty Abstract: The paper deals with the role of the expansion of the financial sector in the recent increase in income inequality. It first considers the positions presented by Piketty in his recent book on this theme, criticising his neglect of role of the financial sector and his view that the low growth of the economy is inevitably and is not related to the changes in income distribution. Then it presents some analyses to show that the size of the financial sector affects the distribution of income between social groups. By using these analyses, the paper proposes an interpretation of the role of the financial industry in the recent changes in income inequality and in the burst of the recent financial crisis. Classification-JEL: E25 Keywords: Note: Pages:34-60 Volume: 2014/113 Year: 2014 Issue:113 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54695&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-113002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ivano D'Antonio Author-Name: Alessandro De Iudicibus Author-Name: Giuseppe Piroli Author-Name: Francesco Savoia Title: Ricerca e innovazione in campania: una valutazione controfattuale della politica di coesione Abstract: Do public funds stimulate firms? productivity? Is public R&D spending complementary to private R&D spending or a substitute for it? These questions still generate conflicting opinions and heterogeneity in empirical results across countries. Generally, in the empirical literature the effects are measured in terms of input additionality. In this paper, we investigate the causal relationship between public funds and effects in terms of both financial and performance indicators, so extending the existing literature. Combining open data on national and EU Cohesion policy (OpenCoesione) and financial data (Aida-Bureau Van Dick), we provide evidence on the impact in a region of southern Italy classified as less developed by the EU. To verify the effects we implement a two-step process: a bias-corrected matching procedure to create our counterfactual, followed by a Sample Average Treatment on Treated (SATT) to estimate the effects. The results reveal a positive and non-transitory significant impact of European Structural Funds on input and output variables for subsidised firms. Classification-JEL: L2, L52, O3, C3 Keywords: Note: Pages:61-87 Volume: 2014/113 Year: 2014 Issue:113 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54696&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-113003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Valentina Gambardella Title: Incentivi alla ricerca e collaborazione tra attori dell?innovazione. Uno studio basato sulla sesta indagine Community Innovation Survey (2006-2008) Abstract: Economic leterature has stressed the importance of collaboration among accademia, industry and government as a key driver of innovation. This paper analyses the effects of public funding in promoting cooperation in innovation activities in Italy and in Germany, using data from the sixth Community Innovation Survey. The results show that in both countries receiving public support is positively related to undertaking collaborative innovation, but in Germany this relationship is the strongest. In Italy it varies depending on the funding source, whereas regional incentives on promoting collaboration are weak. This result is largely related to the size of the firm benefiting from this type of pubblic support (small and medium-sized firms) and from the industrial sector theyb belong to (low-technological industries). Additionally, the data show that public financial support also influences the choice of partners, making it easier for firms to adopt a more complex rqange of linkages, including suppliers, clients, and reaserch institutions. Classification-JEL: O31; O32 Keywords: Note: Pages:88-115 Volume: 2014/113 Year: 2014 Issue:113 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54697&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-113004 Number: 4 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Comitato di Redazione Title: Recensioni Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:116-125 Volume: 2014/113 Year: 2014 Issue:113 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=54698&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-113005 Number: 5