Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2016 ; 2016ECO001.
In my dissertation I aim to explore the impacts of work-related mobility on job, family life and personal well-being of the travelling employees. To do so, three studies have been conducted with the purpose to investigate business travel behavioral patterns and impacts of work-related mobility on various life domains of the three segments, namely frequent corporate business travelers,...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2010 ; 2010ECO006.
Not all industries move at the same pace, no two destinations are matched or develop at the same rate, not all organizations and people act the same way. This thesis investigates the dynamic nature of the tourism sector. The complexity of players involved in the delivery of the tourist experience, demands a sophisticated ability to design and manage the supply chain in order to get maximum...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2012 ; 2012ECO001.
The thesis focuses on the determinants of immigrant self-employment rates and self-employment transitions. The research is divided into three chapters. The focus of the first essay is on the effects of group characteristics and market conditions on self-employment propensity of immigrants. The results show that group characteristics such as linguistic ability and time elapsed since...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2020 ; 2020ECO012.
This thesis contributes to the International Economics by considering how the openness of an economy and the linkages with other countries matter for the local economic growth. The first strength and the fil rouge of this study is the use of the economic complexity as a measure to identify the strategic sectors that generate larger spillovers and benefits to the economy. Secondly, the use of...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2021 ; 2021ECO003.
In the context of the international climate change mitigation efforts, several countries have been scaling up their efforts to decarbonize their economies and energy systems. The restructuring of the electricity systems has brought about new challenges, among which the acceptance of the new infrastructures and technologies, and the need of ensuring an optimal level of security of supply. This...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2018 ; 2018ECO008.
This dissertation proposes three empirical essays focusing on the importance of geographical concentrations along various dimensions in regional economics, dealing with topics regarding agglomeration spillovers, firm performance, culture and soft institutions as well as the geographical concentration of political ideologies. The first chapter aims at empirically verifying whether agglomeration...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2018 ; 2018ECO016.
This thesis explores the role of different measures of proximity on some topics related to international trade. We focus on how institutional setting (institutional proximity) and network structure (cognitive and social proximity) influence the geography of international trade. In the first chapter, we extend the results of Rose and Spiegel (2011) and the findings by Bista (2017) proposing a...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013ECO003.
Ethnic pluralism and its increasing trend across European countries has sparked the debate on residential segregation, a phenomenon that has various repercussions at economic, social and urban dimensions of modern societies. Two main segregation drivers are argued to be at the basis of ethnic clustering: preferences and constrains, first leading to voluntary and second to involuntary segregation...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2020 ; 2020ECO004.
This thesis contributes to labour economics by considering a wide range of factors influencing career paths, transitions to self- employment and duration in entrepreneurship. In the past literature, several studies have analysed labour market outcomes, transitions and durations. Nevertheless, there is the need of knowing more about the influence of individual and background characteristics on...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2004 ; 2004ECO003.
Elemento centrale della presente tesi é la comprensione dei fattori che guidano le imprese nelle scelte concernenti il trasferimento dei propri prodotti nello spazio e nel tempo. La motivazione alla base del lavoro é la convinzione che la modellizzazione del trasporto merci oggi non rifletta il comportamento effettivo delle imprese in modo soddisfacente. Una seconda motivazione della...
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