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Environmental policies might be a significant driver of change towards the achievement of sustainability. Policies impact on the environment through direct and indirect effects. Indirect effects pertain to the effect of innovation and invention mechanisms. The paper analyses those direct and indirect effects by focusing on different measures of environmental productivity. Econometric analysis on a long macroeconomic panel dataset is used to convey original insights, and as a platform for policy assessments. Results show that environmental policies adopted by countries boost environmental productivity performances both directly and indirectly, through innovation, across various environmental dimensions. The effects vary but are consistent across considered realms. The increasing stringency of environmental policy, which has been observed over the last decades, is a crucial driver of change for climate actions, waste and resource efficiency, touching upon various SDGs related to responsible consumption and production, economic growth, industry and innovation infrastructures and climate action.
Alessio D'Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli. Green technologies and environmental policies for sustainable development: Testing direct and indirect impacts. Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 309, 127060 .
AMA StyleAlessio D'Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Francesco Nicolli. Green technologies and environmental policies for sustainable development: Testing direct and indirect impacts. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2021; 309 ():127060.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessio D'Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli. 2021. "Green technologies and environmental policies for sustainable development: Testing direct and indirect impacts." Journal of Cleaner Production 309, no. : 127060.
Massimiliano Mazzanti; Matteo Mazzarano; Andrea Pronti; Marco Quatrosi. Fiscal policies, public investments and wellbeing: mapping the evolution of the EU. Insights into Regional Development 2020, 2, 725 -749.
AMA StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti, Matteo Mazzarano, Andrea Pronti, Marco Quatrosi. Fiscal policies, public investments and wellbeing: mapping the evolution of the EU. Insights into Regional Development. 2020; 2 (4):725-749.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti; Matteo Mazzarano; Andrea Pronti; Marco Quatrosi. 2020. "Fiscal policies, public investments and wellbeing: mapping the evolution of the EU." Insights into Regional Development 2, no. 4: 725-749.
Over the recent years, there has been evidence of a decline in energy intensity worldwide. Most of this decline was industry or sector specific. The main aim of the quantitative analysis is to enhance the understanding of how green energy innovative activities are entangled with energy intensity in the OECD through models that take into account heterogeneity and serial correlation. The existing literature does not fully address this country related heterogeneity in either the short- or long-run scales. We use some specific estimators that address those key econometric issues. The analysis specifically focuses on the dynamics of green energy innovation and finds the existence of both short-term and long-term relationships between energy intensity and green energy innovative activities, though this relationship loses its significance over time.
Saptorshee Kanto Chakraborty; Massimiliano Mazzanti. Energy intensity and green energy innovation: Checking heterogeneous country effects in the OECD. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 2019, 52, 328 -343.
AMA StyleSaptorshee Kanto Chakraborty, Massimiliano Mazzanti. Energy intensity and green energy innovation: Checking heterogeneous country effects in the OECD. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 2019; 52 ():328-343.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSaptorshee Kanto Chakraborty; Massimiliano Mazzanti. 2019. "Energy intensity and green energy innovation: Checking heterogeneous country effects in the OECD." Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 52, no. : 328-343.
Innovation adoption and diffusion by firms are key pillars for the EU strategy on resource efficiency and the development of a circular economy. This paper presents new EU evidence regarding the role of environmental policy and green demand drivers to sustain the adoption of resource efficiency-oriented eco-innovations. Using a large cross-section dataset of EU firms and accounting for sample selection and endogeneity, the results strongly support the idea that environmental policy and demand-side factors are both significant in driving the adoption of innovations that promote recycling, reduce waste and decrease the use of materials. The paper provides a relevant piece of new, quantitative-based knowledge, which complements the large case study-based evidence on sound management and policy strategies for the circular economy.
Giulio Cainelli; Alessio D’Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti. Resource efficient eco-innovations for a circular economy: Evidence from EU firms. Research Policy 2019, 49, 103827 .
AMA StyleGiulio Cainelli, Alessio D’Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti. Resource efficient eco-innovations for a circular economy: Evidence from EU firms. Research Policy. 2019; 49 (1):103827.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiulio Cainelli; Alessio D’Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti. 2019. "Resource efficient eco-innovations for a circular economy: Evidence from EU firms." Research Policy 49, no. 1: 103827.
Alessio D'Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli; Mariangela Zoli. Illegal waste disposal: Enforcement actions and decentralized environmental policy. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 2018, 64, 56 -65.
AMA StyleAlessio D'Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Francesco Nicolli, Mariangela Zoli. Illegal waste disposal: Enforcement actions and decentralized environmental policy. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 2018; 64 ():56-65.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessio D'Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli; Mariangela Zoli. 2018. "Illegal waste disposal: Enforcement actions and decentralized environmental policy." Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 64, no. : 56-65.
The special issue addresses the role of sustainability-oriented innovation and inventions as a relevant factor in the transition of our economies towards a greener, low carbon, and circular economy. It focuses on the EU, an area which has set stringent waste and climate change policies over the past decades. Though sustainable innovation and green knowledge issues have been developed over the past two decades since seminal papers appeared, some compelling research avenues still exist at the frontier. This issue attempts to close some knowledge gaps through different channels that broaden the perspective on eco-innovations towards a green knowledge type of setting, where technology, human capital, social capital are all relevant.
Massimiliano Mazzanti. Eco-innovation and sustainability: dynamic trends, geography and policies. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2018, 61, 1851 -1860.
AMA StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti. Eco-innovation and sustainability: dynamic trends, geography and policies. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2018; 61 (11):1851-1860.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti. 2018. "Eco-innovation and sustainability: dynamic trends, geography and policies." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 61, no. 11: 1851-1860.
Information communication technology (ICT) and environmental innovation (EI) are relevant waves of the ongoing technological revolution. We study the complementarity in innovation adoption to test the research hypothesis that the higher the diffusion and intensity of usage of ICT and EI, the higher a firm's productivity performance might be. However, it is not certain that the use of different innovations stemming from different innovation paths generates higher productivity. To test our hypothesis, we use original survey data concerning manufacturing firms in Northeast Italy including detailed information on both ICT and EI. Empirical evidence shows that there are still wide margins to improve the integration between EI and ICT in order to exploit their potential benefits on productivity. The awareness of specific synergies seems to mainly characterise the heavy polluting firms that are subject to more stringent environmental constraints, while some trade-offs tend to emerge for the remaining firms.
Davide Antonioli; Grazia Cecere; Massimiliano Mazzanti. Information communication technologies and environmental innovations in firms: joint adoptions and productivity effects. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2017, 61, 1905 -1933.
AMA StyleDavide Antonioli, Grazia Cecere, Massimiliano Mazzanti. Information communication technologies and environmental innovations in firms: joint adoptions and productivity effects. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 2017; 61 (11):1905-1933.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Antonioli; Grazia Cecere; Massimiliano Mazzanti. 2017. "Information communication technologies and environmental innovations in firms: joint adoptions and productivity effects." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 61, no. 11: 1905-1933.
Gross domestic product (GDP) indicators are limited in their capacity to completely reflect socio-economic performances and need either alternative or complementary indicators (van den Bergh and Antal; Jones and Klenow).2 While alternative indicators to GDP might be useful, this chapter focuses on complementary ones, namely theories and empirical indicators that attempt to integrate GDP with other measures of welfare. Human development, stemming from the work of the Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, is one such indicator. In 2009 the French government established the “Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi” Commission to develop an updated conceptual framework. Other indicators beyond GDP have emerged out of environmental and ecological economics (Perman et al.; Turner and Pearce), such as sustainability-oriented genuine saving accounts (Costantini and Monni, “Sustainability”; Costantini and Monni, “Environment”) and hybrid environmental-economic accounts (European Environment Agency, ResourceEfficient Green Economy; Marin et al.; Marin and Mazzanti; Mazzanti and Montini; Costantini et al.).
Massimiliano Mazzanti; Marianna Gilli. Contextualising sustainability. Cultures of Sustainability and Wellbeing 2017, 111 -134.
AMA StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti, Marianna Gilli. Contextualising sustainability. Cultures of Sustainability and Wellbeing. 2017; ():111-134.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti; Marianna Gilli. 2017. "Contextualising sustainability." Cultures of Sustainability and Wellbeing , no. : 111-134.
Cette étude se concentre sur les performances environnementales de l’industrie manufacturière européenne. Notre objectif est de tester l’existence de β-convergence, absolue et conditionnelle, ainsi que la convergence σ de la productivité environnementale (c’est-à-dire, pour chaque secteur, rapport entre valeur ajoutée et émissions de dioxyde de carbone) de 14 secteurs pour la période 1995-2009 en utilisant la base de données WIOD. Les résultats soutiennent l’hypothèse de la β-convergence et mettent en évidence d’autres facteurs tels que l’ouverture commerciale. Enfin, les résultats indiquent que la valeur ajoutée sectorielle peut affecter les performances environnementales, comme l’accélération de convergence. Aucune preuve statistique de σ-convergence n’est trouvée.
Marianna Gilli; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Giovanni Morleo. Environmental performances in Europe: An empirical analysis of the convergence among manufacturing sectors. Revue d'économie industrielle 2017, 21 -51.
AMA StyleMarianna Gilli, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Giovanni Morleo. Environmental performances in Europe: An empirical analysis of the convergence among manufacturing sectors. Revue d'économie industrielle. 2017; (159):21-51.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarianna Gilli; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Giovanni Morleo. 2017. "Environmental performances in Europe: An empirical analysis of the convergence among manufacturing sectors." Revue d'économie industrielle , no. 159: 21-51.
International audienceGreen jobs are a key objective of societal efforts to concretely support the long-term endeavour to reconcile sustainability and development. The present article analyses the extent to which the future growth of green jobs is influenced by microeconomic and sector/macro level factors. We conduct econometric analyses of European Small Medium Enterprise firms to assess the factors affecting the creation of green jobs in small and medium firms. We find that green product and service innovation is primarily relevant to the creation of green jobs. The interaction term between an environmental management system and product and service innovations has a positive and significant effect on the decision to hire for green jobs. We also conduct a deep analysis of the subset of firms that produce green products and services, which reveals some idiosyncratic features. This study lays the foundations for future research on the development of green skills, competences and jobs in firms as a reaction to market and policy levers
Grazia Cecere; Massimiliano Mazzanti. Green jobs and eco-innovations in European SMEs. Resource and Energy Economics 2017, 49, 86 -98.
AMA StyleGrazia Cecere, Massimiliano Mazzanti. Green jobs and eco-innovations in European SMEs. Resource and Energy Economics. 2017; 49 ():86-98.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrazia Cecere; Massimiliano Mazzanti. 2017. "Green jobs and eco-innovations in European SMEs." Resource and Energy Economics 49, no. : 86-98.
This paper adopts an ex ante perspective to investigate the potential techno-organisational dynamics related to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU by 2030 and 2050. We provide a qualitative analysis based on interviews with representatives from the main manufacturing sectors in the EU. Path dependency and enhanced carbon pricing may support the ‘incremental path’. More radical changes are achievable through strong techno-organisational reorganisation and new policy support. It follows that technological innovation is sufficiently effective only if coupled with organisational innovation. Earmarking ‘environmental revenues’ to support sector R&D is a way to enhance the governance of the innovation-policy realm and create opportunities for radical innovation
Massimiliano Mazzanti; Ugo Rizzo. Diversely moving towards a green economy: Techno-organisational decarbonisation trajectories and environmental policy in EU sectors. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2017, 115, 111 -116.
AMA StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti, Ugo Rizzo. Diversely moving towards a green economy: Techno-organisational decarbonisation trajectories and environmental policy in EU sectors. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2017; 115 ():111-116.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti; Ugo Rizzo. 2017. "Diversely moving towards a green economy: Techno-organisational decarbonisation trajectories and environmental policy in EU sectors." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 115, no. : 111-116.
Innovation adoption and diffusion by firms are key pillars for the EU strategy on resource-efficiency and the development of a circular economy. This paper presents new EU evidence regarding the role of environmental policy and green demand drivers to sustain the adoption of resource efficiency-oriented eco-innovations. This paper originally implements new estimators to address the endogeneity of binary framed policy and demand covariates, which typically characterise firm level survey data. Our results suggest that when endogeneity is accounted for, environmental policy is the only factor always significant in driving the adoption of innovations that reduce the use of waste and material, while demand-side and market-factors do not always play a central role. The result is an important piece of new quantitative-based knowledge, which complements the currently large case study-based evidence on the setting of sound management and policy strategies for the circular economy.
Giulio Cainelli; Alessio D’Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti. Resource Efficiency, Environmental Policy and Eco-Innovations for a Circular Economy: Evidence from EU Firms. 2017, 1 .
AMA StyleGiulio Cainelli, Alessio D’Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti. Resource Efficiency, Environmental Policy and Eco-Innovations for a Circular Economy: Evidence from EU Firms. . 2017; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiulio Cainelli; Alessio D’Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti. 2017. "Resource Efficiency, Environmental Policy and Eco-Innovations for a Circular Economy: Evidence from EU Firms." , no. : 1.
In this paper, we address the overlooked issue of whether and how industrial relations might play a role in the process of greening the economy, primarily through the levers of innovation adoption and organisational change. We address our objective econometrically, assessing the quality of industrial relations as a driver of environmental innovation adoption, through the use of micro-data on manufacturing firms. The results yield two interesting main findings: being a unionised firm is not associated with the adoption of environmental innovation; however, when we consider the industrial relations climate, we observe a positive relationship between a cooperative industrial relations climate (union involvement) and the propensity to introduce environmental innovation. Two models are relevant: a managerially oriented model (unions are informed) and a participatory model (unions bargain on innovation adoption). The contents of environmental innovations are also important: union involvement is more relevant for adopting more complex and radical innovations to abate CO2 and EMS and ISO practices
Davide Antonioli; Massimiliano Mazzanti. Towards a green economy through innovations: The role of trade union involvement. Ecological Economics 2017, 131, 286 -299.
AMA StyleDavide Antonioli, Massimiliano Mazzanti. Towards a green economy through innovations: The role of trade union involvement. Ecological Economics. 2017; 131 ():286-299.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Antonioli; Massimiliano Mazzanti. 2017. "Towards a green economy through innovations: The role of trade union involvement." Ecological Economics 131, no. : 286-299.
We analyse the role of financial barriers in affecting the adoption of environmental innovations with a focus on SMEs in Europe. In taking stock of the consolidated literature on environmental innovations, we find that the role of financial barriers is substantially neglected, although crucial, even more relevant in the current phase of the economic cycle. Our empirical analysis confirms the existence of direct effects of financial barriers for the sake of environmental innovations adoption by EU SMEs. It furthermore sheds more light on the determinants of financial barriers that shape firms’ cleaner production choices. Our findings have the following policy implications: properly designed policies might play a critical role in defining green economy directions, not only by stimulating environmental innovations’ adoption through its determinants but also by acting on the financial levers behind innovation.JRC.I.1-Modelling, Indicators and Impact Evaluatio
Claudia Ghisetti; Susanna Mancinelli; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Mariangela Zoli. Financial barriers and environmental innovations: evidence from EU manufacturing firms. Climate Policy 2016, 17, S131 -S147.
AMA StyleClaudia Ghisetti, Susanna Mancinelli, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Mariangela Zoli. Financial barriers and environmental innovations: evidence from EU manufacturing firms. Climate Policy. 2016; 17 (sup1):S131-S147.
Chicago/Turabian StyleClaudia Ghisetti; Susanna Mancinelli; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Mariangela Zoli. 2016. "Financial barriers and environmental innovations: evidence from EU manufacturing firms." Climate Policy 17, no. sup1: S131-S147.
Industrial development has always been seen as the main engine for economic growth due to its large economic multiplier and technological opportunities. However, manufacturing sectors are directly and indirectly responsible for a large share of overall environmental pressures, raising concerns for the environmental sustainability of manufacturing-based development. In this paper, we evaluate the drivers and decoupling trends of environmental pressures arising (directly or indirectly) from manufacturing production and consumption for a large selection of developed and developing countries. As a first step, we decompose changes in emission intensity of manufacturing sectors into a series of components by means of a shift-share analysis to identify the main drivers of change. A second step will compare direct environmental pressures generated by manufacturing sectors (production perspective) with the amount of emissions generated (domestically and abroad) by the domestic consumption of manufacturing goods (consumption perspective). Finally, we evaluate the possible emergence of an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) dynamics for production and consumption perspective emissions for the world as a whole and for different continents. Results highlight that first, high income countries are generally more environmental friendly than the average and tend to be specialised in high-tech and greener sectors. Second, emission reduction is driven mainly by unobserved factors such as institutional quality and policy commitment. Finally, while production perspective shows some evidence of EKC dynamics, this result does not hold when shifting to the consumption perspective. Besides, some world area is able to compensate the growth effect exploiting technology dynamics.
Marianna Gilli; Giovanni Marin; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli. Sustainable development and industrial development: manufacturing environmental performance, technology and consumption/production perspectives. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 2016, 6, 183 -203.
AMA StyleMarianna Gilli, Giovanni Marin, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Francesco Nicolli. Sustainable development and industrial development: manufacturing environmental performance, technology and consumption/production perspectives. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy. 2016; 6 (2):183-203.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarianna Gilli; Giovanni Marin; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli. 2016. "Sustainable development and industrial development: manufacturing environmental performance, technology and consumption/production perspectives." Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy 6, no. 2: 183-203.
The adoption and diffusion of environmental innovations (EIs) is crucial to greening the economy and achieving win–win environmental/economic gains. A large and increasing literature has focused on the levers underlying EIs that are external to the firm, such as stakeholder and policy pressures. Little attention, however, has been devoted to the possible role of local spillovers of a sector/geographical nature as a factor that correlates with EIs and economic performances. A rich data set that covers the innovative activities and economic performances of firms in the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy, an area dense in manufacturing districts, is analysed. EIs’ drivers and effects on firms’ performance are investigated through a two-step procedure. First, we examine the relevance of spatial levers, namely, whether high rates of eco-innovators in a given local area induce the adoption of EIs in firms located in the same local area. The role of the ‘agglomeration lever’ turns out to be fairly local in nature: we find that spillovers are significantly inducing innovation within municipal boundaries. Second, we test whether EIs adoptions have significantly increased firms’ economic performances and find that some firms’ productivity performances are positively related to EI adoption.
Davide Antonioli; Simone Borghesi; Massimiliano Mazzanti. Are regional systems greening the economy? Local spillovers, green innovations and firms’ economic performances. Economics of Innovation and New Technology 2016, 25, 692 -713.
AMA StyleDavide Antonioli, Simone Borghesi, Massimiliano Mazzanti. Are regional systems greening the economy? Local spillovers, green innovations and firms’ economic performances. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 2016; 25 (7):692-713.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Antonioli; Simone Borghesi; Massimiliano Mazzanti. 2016. "Are regional systems greening the economy? Local spillovers, green innovations and firms’ economic performances." Economics of Innovation and New Technology 25, no. 7: 692-713.
This report provides a review of recent firm-level and plant-level surveys containing questions on environmental policies, innovation practices or performance which are relevant for environmental policy analysis and assessment. We specifically focus on the core element that relates environmental policies to environmental and economic performance, namely the adoption of innovative practices and environmental innovations by firms. The study gives an overview of the main literature exploiting surveys, with the aim of discussing main themes and their core limitations to propose advancements for future research. The report provides technical details on surveyed questionnaire implementation, by focusing on to the intrinsic trade-off in the design of alternative questions. It also discusses how environmental policy and its stringency have been measured in previous literature. Finally, it provides suggestions on how to implement a multi-country survey and on other ways to better harness firm-level data in the analysis of effects of environmental policies on business behaviour.
Massimiliano Mazzanti; Davide Antonioli; Claudia Ghisetti; Francesco Nicolli. Firm Surveys relating Environmental Policies, Environmental Performance and Innovation: Design Challenges and insights from Empirical Application. 2016, 1 .
AMA StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti, Davide Antonioli, Claudia Ghisetti, Francesco Nicolli. Firm Surveys relating Environmental Policies, Environmental Performance and Innovation: Design Challenges and insights from Empirical Application. . 2016; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMassimiliano Mazzanti; Davide Antonioli; Claudia Ghisetti; Francesco Nicolli. 2016. "Firm Surveys relating Environmental Policies, Environmental Performance and Innovation: Design Challenges and insights from Empirical Application." , no. : 1.
Simone Borghesi; Francesco Crespi; Alessio D’Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Silvestri. Carbon abatement, sector heterogeneity and policy responses: Evidence on induced eco innovations in the EU. Environmental Science & Policy 2015, 54, 377 -388.
AMA StyleSimone Borghesi, Francesco Crespi, Alessio D’Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Francesco Silvestri. Carbon abatement, sector heterogeneity and policy responses: Evidence on induced eco innovations in the EU. Environmental Science & Policy. 2015; 54 ():377-388.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSimone Borghesi; Francesco Crespi; Alessio D’Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Silvestri. 2015. "Carbon abatement, sector heterogeneity and policy responses: Evidence on induced eco innovations in the EU." Environmental Science & Policy 54, no. : 377-388.
The paper tests empirically whether various types of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) adoption and other innovation practices (techno-organisational change and training courses) are complementary inputs with respect to the adoption of specific environmental innovations (EI). The analysis is based on original survey data for a large industrial Italian region (Emilia-Romagna), which offer various views on ICT and EI relationships. This survey contains information on the adoption of environmental innovations and some detailed information on ICT issues and other technological-organisational processes. Our main findings suggest that, overall, complementarity does not seem to characterize the relationship between ICT and other innova-tion processes as a force behind environmental innovation, but some important exceptions emerge. Complementarities exists, for instance, between technological innovation and both adoption of ICT management systems and ICT for cooperation with clients. Interestingly, restricting the analysis to a sub-sample of more polluting firm, both complementarity and substitutability emerge more evidently.
Davide Antonioli; Marianna Gilli; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli. Backing environmental innovations through information technology adoption. Empirical analyses of innovation-related complementarity in firms. Technological and Economic Development of Economy 2015, 24, 141 -163.
AMA StyleDavide Antonioli, Marianna Gilli, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Francesco Nicolli. Backing environmental innovations through information technology adoption. Empirical analyses of innovation-related complementarity in firms. Technological and Economic Development of Economy. 2015; 24 (1):141-163.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Antonioli; Marianna Gilli; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli. 2015. "Backing environmental innovations through information technology adoption. Empirical analyses of innovation-related complementarity in firms." Technological and Economic Development of Economy 24, no. 1: 141-163.
Waste management and disposal are influenced by socio-economic, institutional and policy factors that possess idiosyncratic features in regional settings. The role of organized crime is a largely unexplored factor. Crime organizations such as the mafia are known to collude with local institutions to control waste markets. As a result, legal forms of waste disposal and socially preferable management options are often undermined primarily through an influence on policy enforcement. Given its high regional heterogeneity and local ‘waste crises’, Italy provides a compelling case for the study of crime's effects on local waste performance. Panel econometric analyses show that sorted collection of recyclable waste and legal forms of waste disposal are lower when the mafia's effect on the actions of local governments is more intense
Alessio D’Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli. Waste and organized crime in regional environments. Resource and Energy Economics 2015, 41, 185 -201.
AMA StyleAlessio D’Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Francesco Nicolli. Waste and organized crime in regional environments. Resource and Energy Economics. 2015; 41 ():185-201.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessio D’Amato; Massimiliano Mazzanti; Francesco Nicolli. 2015. "Waste and organized crime in regional environments." Resource and Energy Economics 41, no. : 185-201.