Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Federico Pica Title: Mezzogiorno, finanza pubblica e conflitto economico-sociale Abstract: Public finance in Italy implies factors of systematic discrimination that mainly concern the citizens of the South of Italy undermining their standard of living and prospects of development. There are systematically put into effect financial illusions that are harmful to the South of Italy and the whole Italy. Classification-JEL: H70, A13 Keywords: Note: Pages:5-29 Volume: 2014/114 Year: 2014 Issue:114 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=55474&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-114001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vincenzo Maffeo Title: Economic theory and social classes Abstract: The marginalist economic theory believes that the effectiveness of the collective action exerted by a social class as a whole conflicts with the hypothesis of competition (perfect competition). A question of method is at the root of this view: the marginalist theory only takes into consideration the individual maximizing behaviour of workers, capitalists and entrepreneurs. In this way it excludes from the analysis the study of social links, which, as a matter of fact, are the conditions for collective action. In the classical approach, economic relations are instead affected by the institutions and social conventions that characterize each particular historical moment. As a consequence, the classical notion of competition (free competition) does not exclude a role for the social links that can justify collective action and, at the same time, make it effective. This characteristic of the classical approach is particularly considerable as concerns the theory of income distribution. A re-proposal of the classical theory of wages which takes into consideration the development and complexity of the institutions that, these days, condition the conflict for the distribution of income, cannot actually disregard the role of collective action. Classification-JEL: A10, B12, B13, B40, D33, D41, E02, E24, E25 Keywords: Note: Pages:30-50 Volume: 2014/114 Year: 2014 Issue:114 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=55475&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-114002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giorgio Liotti Author-Name: Salvatore Villani Title: The equalising power of internal immigration and the desertification process of southern Italy Abstract: According to some scholars, immigration can have a relevant role in the reduction of inequality. It has happened in the past and it may also happen in the future, as it is possible and desirable. However, migration in itself does not resolve definitely the issue of the inequalities and, moreover, in light of the recent studies on the effect of immigration, the exigency of additional in depth research on the impact of this phenomenon on regional disparities and income inequalities has become evident. The present paper faces these relevant issues, focusing on the regional impact of internal migration and attempting to demonstrate, with reference to the Italian case, how out-migration can increase income inequalities, thus hindering economic growth and exacerbating regional disparities, while immigration can reduce income inequalities and mitigate economic imbalances, according to the hypothesis of skilled immigration equalising, formulated in 2008 by Kahanec and Zimmermann. Classification-JEL: C23, E64, J15, R10 Keywords: Note: Pages:51-77 Volume: 2014/114 Year: 2014 Issue:114 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=55476&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-114003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ivan Cucco Title: Network-based policies and innovation networks in two Italian regions: a comparison through a social selection model Abstract: This paper compares the innovation networks generated by two network-based policies (NBPs) implemented in two Italian regions. Social Network Analysis was used to understand whether the networks differ in their local configurations and in the role played by research institutions. To this aim, Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) were estimated on relational data recording joint participation in collaborative R&D projects. Results indicate that the two networks emerge from different local-level processes. In the first case a core-periphery structure arises from degree centralization driven by one focal actor. In the second case, although transitive closure across projects cannot be realized, the overall structure is more balanced. In the first network, however, companies and research organizations show a higher propensity towards joint participation in collaborative projects. Further research is required to understand whether these characteristics can be ascribed to the policy design or to the greater sectoral diversification of the first network. Classification-JEL: O38, R58 Keywords: Note: Pages:78-96 Volume: 2014/114 Year: 2014 Issue:114 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=55477&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-114004 Number: 4 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Comitato di Redazione Title: Recensioni Abstract: Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages:97-120 Volume: 2014/114 Year: 2014 Issue:114 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=55478&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:steste:v:html10.3280/STE2014-114005 Number: 5