Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2014 ; 2014COM013.
Over the last decade, there has been an increasing number of technologies and devices (including smartphones, tablets and alike) able to provide new perspectives for the use of multimedia applications in the field of Cultural Heritage. This work arises from the interest in providing better authoring/delivery possibilities to cultural heritage institutions (small and medium sized in particular). ...
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In this article, we study politicians’ – rather than voters’ – responses to the main political scandal in Italian recent history (Tangentopoli), and overcome endogeneity concerns by analysing the local implications of this national corruption scandal. We find that local politicians withdraw support for incumbents in parties hit by Tangentopoli – inducing increased political...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2012 ; 2012ECO003.
The focus of this doctoral thesis is on the determination of the implied cost of capital in the equity market. Three issues are investigated in detail: the relations between the cost of equity capital, the credit spread and the economic growth; the links between realized market returns and the cost of capital; and the forecasting power of the implied discount factor in predicting market...
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A key input in cost-benefit analysis is represented by the marginal rate of substitution which expresses the willingness to pay, or its counterpart willingness to accept, for both market and non-market goods. The consistent discrepancy between these two measures observed in the literature suggests the need to estimate reference dependent models able to capturing loss aversion by...
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In: Journal of financial econometrics, 2007, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 591–623
We propose a multivariate nonparametric technique for generating reliable shortterm historical yield curve scenarios and confidence intervals. The approach is based on a Functional Gradient Descent (FGD) estimation of the conditional mean vector and covariance matrix of a multivariate interest rate series. It is computationally feasible in large dimensions and it can account for non- linearities...
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In: Journal of Management & Governance, 2009, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 261-267
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In: WWW/Internet 2003, Algarve, Portugal, 2003, p. 843
Adaptive Hypermedia Systems represent a great potential for e-learning; nevertheless instructors and designers find it difficult to develop adaptive application within their framework. This paper presents a map-based visual design method, developed at the AHS atelier in the University of Lugano and tailored for non-technical people, for designing adaptive courseware according to different...
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In: Discourse Studies, 2018, vol. 20, no. 6, p. 1-17
This paper seeks to extend existing models of argumentation by considering an important dimension of real-life argumentative discourse: how complex argumentative discussions evolve over time. We define a complex argumentative discussion as a multi-issue discussion, in which the different issues are interrelated in the form of a hierarchy. We claim that justified reframing might be used to...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2020 ; 2021ARC001.
Diese Doktorarbeit fokussiert sich auf den zweiten Teil der Karriere des Architekten Adolf Loos (1870-1933) zwischen 1918 und 1933. Von 1898 bis 1924 arbeitete Loos vor allem in Wien/Österreich, aber nachdem seine Gebäude und Vorträge mehrfach Skandale provoziert hatten (Goldman & Salatsch am Michaelerplatz 1910 u.a.), entschied er sich 1924, in Paris zu leben und zu arbeiten. Bevor er Wien...
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A general result of information theory is that asymmetric information generates agent rents and distortions in production. In this paper, we analyse the impact of asymmetric information on adoption and use of information technology (IT). Depending on the conctracting scheme, different results may occur. We explore the differences between the case of contractible investment and the case of...
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