S. Mohades, M. Savona: Uncertainty and Investments in Data and R&D

This paper investigates whether investments in data influence firms’ R&D and whether the two are productivity-enha...

Novembre 6, 2025

S. Mohades, G. Piccillo, M. Savona, T. Treibich – Firms’ Investment & Capacity Utilisation: The Role of Financial Constraints and Uncertainty

This paper explores why Italian companies decide to invest and how this depends on their production capacity. We find th...

Ottobre 28, 2025

S. Cosci, V. Meliciani, L. Mirra – Historical determinants of regional entrepreneurship in high-tech sectors: The role of knowledge and openness to change

This paper investigates whether a particular type of historical entrepreneurship is conducive to the persistence of star...

Ottobre 27, 2025

M. Richter: Got it ‘til it’s gone? The need for a European economic security strategy in biopharma

This paper focuses on biopharmaceuticals, where competition over technological leadership, data, and manufacturing is mo...

Ottobre 16, 2025

S. Cosci, L. Mirra, G. Terzo – Cooperative banks, innovative entrepreneurship, and trust: insights from Italian history

We investigate the role of the historical presence of cooperative banks on current levels of new business formation in i...

Ottobre 14, 2025

L. Moretti, U. Marengo – Designing industrial policy: Key questions and a policy menu for policymakers

The process of rethinking Italian industrial policy requires policymakers to identify new intellectual and practical too...

Ottobre 14, 2025

F. Bontadini, V. Meliciani, R. Urbani, A. Wirkierman – Reshaping global value chains: Nearshoring and re-shoring in emerging markets

This paper investigates the ongoing transformation of global value chains (GVCs), focusing on nearshoring and re-shoring...

Settembre 29, 2025

J. Cova: Parliamentary debates on Italy’s industrial policy (1948-2022)

This paper provides an overview of how Italian policymakers have discussed industrial policy from the post-war period to...

Settembre 8, 2025

M. Gentile, A. Giuffrida, L. Moretti, M. Pini: The micro-foundations of Italy’s existing and latent comparative advantages

This paper investigates the firm-level foundations of Italy’s international competitiveness by analysing both export p...

Luglio 14, 2025

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – November 2024

LAST MONTH IN BRIEF 11/11 MPs present around 4,500 amendments to the budget bill, which includes also a controversial pr...

Dicembre 16, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – October 2024

Last Month in Brief 2 October: The European Commission adopts a Communication on building sustainable international part...

Novembre 19, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – October 2024

LAST MONTH IN BRIEF 02/10 Italy’s CDP Venture Capital and OpenAI sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the ...

Novembre 6, 2024

LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy – September 2024

Last Month in Brief 3 September: The European Court of Justice issues a ruling on the Illumina/Grail case clarifying the...

Ottobre 15, 2024

Monthly Brief on the Italian Political Economy – September 2024

17/09 The Council of Ministers approves the decree for the partial privatisation of Poste Italiane, in the first signifi...

Ottobre 8, 2024

ECB Press Conference – February 5, 2026

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Febbraio 3, 2026

International central bankers on the statement by Federal Reserve Chair Powell on 11 January 2026

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Gennaio 15, 2026

Hearing at the European Parliament – 3 December 2025

President Christine Lagarde will speak before the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and...

Dicembre 2, 2025

From resilience to strength: unleashing Europe’s domestic market – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – Novembre 21, 2025

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Novembre 24, 2025

Bulgaria on the euro’s doorstep: towards a shared future – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – November 4, 2025

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Novembre 4, 2025

ECB Press Conference – October 30, 2025

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Novembre 4, 2025

Turning openness into strength: the moment of the euro – Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – October 7, 2025

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Ottobre 8, 2025

Monetary policy and financial stability: past lessons for future resilience – Keynote speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB – October 3, 2025

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Ottobre 6, 2025

ECB Press Conference – September 11, 2025

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Settembre 15, 2025