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Chinese Corporate Leverage Determinants (2017)
Journal Article
Ferrarini, B., Hinojales, M., & Scaramozzino, P. (2017). Chinese Corporate Leverage Determinants. The Journal of Asian finance, economics and business, 4(1), 5-18. https://doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2017.vol4.no1.5

Total debt in the People’s Republic of China surged to nearly 290% as a ratio to GDP by the second quarter of 2016, mostly on account of non-financial corporate debt. The outpouring of credit to stem the impact of the global financial crisis accentua... Read More about Chinese Corporate Leverage Determinants.

The regional heterogeneity of wellbeing “expenditure” preferences: evidence from a simulated allocation choice on the BES indicators (2016)
Journal Article
Becchetti, L., Corrado, L., & Fiaschetti, M. (2017). The regional heterogeneity of wellbeing “expenditure” preferences: evidence from a simulated allocation choice on the BES indicators. Journal of Economic Geography, 17(4), 857-891. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbw042

With an online survey on major Italian newspapers we ask respondents to simulate the typical policymaker decision, that is, the dilemma of allocating scarce financial resources among alternative competing goals using the domains of the newly defined... Read More about The regional heterogeneity of wellbeing “expenditure” preferences: evidence from a simulated allocation choice on the BES indicators.

Internal Migration and Vulnerability to Poverty in Tanzania (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Pietrelli, R., & Scaramozzino, P. (2016). Internal Migration and Vulnerability to Poverty in Tanzania. SOAS CeFIMS Discussion Paper, 133, 1-34. http://www.cefims.ac.uk/documents/research-136.pdf

This paper investigates internal migration and vulnerability to poverty in Tanzania. It examines whether migration reduced household vulnerability to poverty for a panel of households from the Kagera region over the period 2004-2010. The dataset al... Read More about Internal Migration and Vulnerability to Poverty in Tanzania.

Public Capital Expenditure and Debt Dynamics: Evidence from the EU (2016)
Journal Article
Bhatt Hakhu, A., Piergallini, A., & Scaramozzino, P. (2016). Public Capital Expenditure and Debt Dynamics: Evidence from the EU. Politica economica-Journal of economic politicy, XXXII(3), 555-574. https://doi.org/10.1429/85011

This paper investigates the relationship between public capital expenditure and public debt in the European Union (EU) on a panel of fifteen countries in 1980-2013. We find robust evidence of a negative cointegrating relation, whereby increases in th... Read More about Public Capital Expenditure and Debt Dynamics: Evidence from the EU.

Why East Germany Did Not Become a New Mezzogiorno (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Boltho, A., Carlin, W., & Scaramozzino, P. (2016). Why East Germany Did Not Become a New Mezzogiorno. Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper, 11266, 1-31. http://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=11266

In an earlier paper (Journal of Comparative Economics, 1997) the authors argued, against the conventional wisdom of the time, that East Germany was unlikely to follow a development path similar to that of the Italian Mezzogiorno. This paper revisits... Read More about Why East Germany Did Not Become a New Mezzogiorno.

Production Complexity, Adaptability and Economic Growth (2015)
Journal Article
Ferrarini, B., & Scaramozzino, P. (2016). Production Complexity, Adaptability and Economic Growth. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 37, 52-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2015.12.001

This paper analyzes the impact of production complexity and its adaptability on the level of output and on its rate of growth. We develop an endogenous growth model where increased complexity raises the rate of economic growth but has an ambiguous ef... Read More about Production Complexity, Adaptability and Economic Growth.

The Product Space Revisited: China’s Trade Profile (2015)
Journal Article
Ferrarini, B., & Scaramozzino, P. (2015). The Product Space Revisited: China’s Trade Profile. World Economy, 8(9), 1368-1386. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12246

The concept of product space has encountered broad interest within the development community, as an analytical tool against which to assess countries’ potential to diversify their production and export structures. It has received far less attention i... Read More about The Product Space Revisited: China’s Trade Profile.

Federal Transfers and Fiscal Discipline in India: An Empirical Evaluation (2014)
Journal Article
Bhatt, A., & Scaramozzino, P. (2015). Federal Transfers and Fiscal Discipline in India: An Empirical Evaluation. Public Finance Review, 43(1), 53-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/1091142113515049

This article examines the relationship between federal transfers and fiscal deficits in India. The current system of transfers has been criticized on the grounds that it distorts the incentives for states to promote fiscal discipline. We analyze the... Read More about Federal Transfers and Fiscal Discipline in India: An Empirical Evaluation.

Percentile Normative Values of Parameters of Electrical Pain and Reflex Threshold (2013)
Journal Article
Scaramozzino, P., Neziri, A. Y., Andersen, O. K., Arendt-Nielsen, L., & Curatolo, M. (2013). Percentile Normative Values of Parameters of Electrical Pain and Reflex Threshold. Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 4(2), 120-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjpain.2012.09.002

Central hypersensitivity, defined as an increased excitability of the central nervous system, is considered as the main factor behind facilitation of central pain processes and is probably a very important factor in the induction and maintenance of c... Read More about Percentile Normative Values of Parameters of Electrical Pain and Reflex Threshold.

Federal Transfers and Fiscal Discipline in India: An Empirical Evaluation (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Bhatt, A., & Scaramozzino, P. (2013). Federal Transfers and Fiscal Discipline in India: An Empirical Evaluation. ADB Economics Working Paper Series, 343, 1-28. http://www.adb.org/publications/federal-transfers-and-fiscal-discipline-india-empirical-evaluation

This paper examines the relationship between federal transfers and fiscal deficits in India. The system of federal transfers has been criticized on the grounds that it distorts the incentives for states to promote fiscal discipline. We analyze the re... Read More about Federal Transfers and Fiscal Discipline in India: An Empirical Evaluation.

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: Prices for Funeral Homes in US States (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Canofari, P., Marini, G., & Scaramozzino, P. (2013). To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: Prices for Funeral Homes in US States. CEIS Tor Vergata. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2199481

The need for a proper burial is widely felt. This paper makes use of an original data set to explore the relationship between the prices of cemetery plots and the prices of housing. It considers a simple model where the services from both real estate... Read More about To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: Prices for Funeral Homes in US States.