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Recent contributions by our staff

2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005

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2009

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique, Mecozzi, Mauro, Pietroletti, Marco, and Gallo, Veronica (2009), Formation of incubated marine mucilages investigated by FTIR and UV–VIS spectroscopy and supported by two-dimensional correlation analysis, Marine Chemistry Volume 116, Issues 1-4, 18-35.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2009), "Will Growth and Technology Destroy Social Interaction? The Inverted-U Hypothesis", with Angelo Antoci and Mauro Sodini. Department of Communication, Working Paper No 57, 2009.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2009), "Social Capital as Social Networks: a New Framework for Measurement and an empirical analysis of its determinants and consequences", Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 38, Issue 3, 429-442.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2009), "The relationship between trust and networks. An exploratory empirical analysis'', Economics Bulletin, Vol. 29, Issue 2, 674-685.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2009), The Fragility of Social Capital, with Antoci, Angelo and Sodini, Mauro, University of Siena, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, n. 551.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2009), Does Social Capital Create Trust? Evidence from a Community of Entrepreneurs, University of Siena, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, n. 552.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2008), "The Labour Market", in Svendsen, G.T. and G.L.H. Svendsen (eds), Handbook of Social Capital, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA.

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2008

• Sabatini, Fabio (2008), "Social Capital and the Quality of Economic Development", Kyklos, Vol. 61, Issue 3, 466-499.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2008), "Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?", International Journal of Management and Decision Making, Special Issue on Social Capital and Organisations, Vol. 9, Issue 5, 454-480.

• Sabatini, Fabio, (ed) (2008), Homo Oeconomicus? Dinamiche imprenditoriali in laboratorio, jointly with Giuseppe Garofalo, Bologna, Il Mulino.

• Cecchi, Claudio, Grando, Stefano and Sabatini, Fabio (2008), Campagne e sviluppo. Capitale sociale e comunità rurali in Europa, Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier.

• Cecchi, Claudio, Molinas, Luca and Sabatini, Fabio (2008), "Is Social Capital a Policy Tool Against Poverty and Inequality? A Discussion of Development Strategies in Rural India", in Basile, E. and I. Mukhopadhyay (eds), Institutional Perspectives on Rural India, London, New York, Delhi, Anthem Press.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2008), "Capitale sociale, imprese sociali, spesa pubblica", in Pelligra, V. (ed), Imprese sociali. Scelte individuali e interessi comuni, Milano, Paravia Bruno Mondadori.

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2007

• Cecchi, Claudio and Sabatini, Fabio (2007), Il capitale sociale per la pianificazione e gestione dei servizi pubblici locali, joint with Claudio Cecchi, Roma, Officina Edizioni.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2007), "Capitale sociale, imprese sociali, spesa pubblica e sviluppo in Italia", Impresa sociale, special issue on "Fiducia, beni relazionali e capitale sociale", n.2, vol. 76, 192-234.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2007), "Un atlante del capitale sociale italiano", QA, Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi Doria, No. 1/2007, pp. 41-73.

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2006

• Sabatini, Fabio (2006), The Role of Social Capital in Economic Development. Investigating the Causal Nexus through Structural Equations Models, Paper presented at the Conference Social Capital, Sustainability and Socio-economic Cohesion within the EU MLG structure in development policy, hosted by the London School of Economics, London, June 29 & 30, 2006.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2006), Educational Qualification, Work Status and Entrepreneurship in Italy. An Exploratory Analysis , FEEM Working Paper 87.06, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milano. Click here to download the paper from the FEEM's web site.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2006), Social Capital, Public Spending and the
Quality of Economic Development: the Case of Italy, FEEM Working Paper 14.06, Eni Enrico Mattei Foundation, Milan, January 2006. Click here to download the paper from the FEEM's web site.

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2005

• Basile, Elisabetta (2005), A Marxist- Institutionalist Framework for the Analysis of Capitalist Change in a Developing Country at the Queen Elizabeth House 50th Anniversary Conference: "New Development Threats and Promises", Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, Oxford 4-5 July 2005. Click here to download the full paper.

• Basile, Elisabetta e Cecchi, Claudio (2005), Building Social Capital in Rural Areas: Does Public Action Help? at International Conference on Engaging Communities, an Initiative of the United Nations and Queensland Government - 14-17 August 2005, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia. Click here to download the full paper.

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique (2005), Heavy metals in food packagings, in: Mineral Components in Food, J. Nriagu and P. Szefer, Eds., CRC press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (in press).

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique (2005), Heavy metals in food packagings, in: Mineral Components in Food, J. Nriagu and P. Szefer, Eds., CRC press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (in press).

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique (2005), and F. Botrè (eds.) (2005) On the relevance of uncertainty in the management of environmental and health problems, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, vol. 5, 2-4, pp. 418.

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique and F. Botrè (eds.) (2005), The Control of Marine Pollution: Current Status and Future Trends, International Journal of Environment and Pollution, vol. 13, 1-6, 616 pp.

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique, Cecchetti, G. and A. Fruttero (2005), Asbestos reclamation at a disused industrial plant, Bagnoli (Naples, Italy). Journal of Hazardous Materials, 122, 1-2. 63-71.

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique, J.O. Muse and M. Mecozzi (2005), Uncertainty in environmental analysis: theory and laboratory studies. In: M.E. Conti, F. Botrè (eds.) ‘On the relevance of uncertainty in the management of environmental and health problems’, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, vol. 5, 2-4, 311-335.

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique, C. Zaghi, G. Cecchetti and J. Fontana (2005), Science and precaution in the risk analysis of chemicals. In: M.E. Conti, F. Botrè (eds.) ‘On the relevance of uncertainty in the management of environmental and health problems’, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, vol. 5, 2-4, 271-285.

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique (2005), Ecotoxicology and biological monitoring. 1st Conference of the International Academy of Environmental Sciences (IAES), International Protection of Ecosystems, Venice, Palazzo Ducale, 23-25 october 2003.

• Conti, Marcelo Enrique, M. Iacobucci and G. Cecchetti (2005), A statistical approach applied to trace metal data from biomonitoring studies. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 23, 1, 29-41.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2005), "Resources for the Study of Social Capital", Journal of Economic Education, Vol. 36, No. 2, Spring 2005, 198.

• Sabatini, Fabio (2005), "Uganda: l'allievo modello della Banca Mondiale? Le nuove contraddizioni della cooperazione allo sviluppo", Disuguaglianze, Trimestrale per l'analisi dei processi di sviluppo e sottosviluppo, Vol. 5/05, 122-134.

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