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Università della Svizzera italiana

Persistent disparities in regional unemployment : application of a spatial filtering approach to local labour markets in Germany

Patuelli, Roberto ; Schanne, Norbert ; Griffith, Daniel A. ; Nijkamp, Peter

The geographical distribution and persistence of regional/local unemployment rates in heterogeneous economies (such as Germany) have been, in recent years, the subject of various theoretical and empirical studies. Several researchers have shown an interest in analysing the dynamic adjustment processes of unemployment and the average degree of dependence of the current unemployment rates or ...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Trading cultural goods in the era of digital piracy

Patuelli, Roberto ; Lionetti, Stefania

The issue of digital piracy as violation of intellectual property rights is a hot button among many governments around the world. Until now, nor legislation or its enforcement have managed to keep up with the most recent technologies facilitating piracy. Piracy rates may significantly affect both internal demand and international trade of cultural goods. This paper aims to empirically assess...