The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) is a no-profit, no-partisan research institution established to carry out research in the field of sustainable development. Recognised by the President of the Italian Republic in July 1989, it has since become a leading international research centre. One of its principal aims is to promote interaction between academic, industrial and public policy spheres in order to comprehensively address concerns about economic development and environmental degradation. FEEM circulates a series of working papers in English collecting the output of research in the field of economics, energy and the environment and the presentations made at international workshops and congresses. FEEM's Note di Lavoro are classified into the following series:
ASD: Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development
EET: Econometrics of the Energy Transition
GET: Geopolitics and the Energy Transition
MET: Modelling the Energy Transition
TET: Technologies for the Energy Transition
AFRICA:REP: Africa Research, Empowerment, Partnership
FEP: Future Energy Program
FACTS: Firms And Cities Towards Sustainability
ES: Economy and Society
CSI: Climate and Sustainable Innovation
MITP: Mitigation, Innovation and Transformation Pathways
CCSD: Climate Change and Sustainable Development
EIA: Climate Change: Economic Impacts and Adaptation
ERM: Energy: Resources and Markets
ESP: Energy Scenarios and Policy
SAS: Society and Sustainability
ETA: Economic Theory and Applications
Papers from 2010
The European Emission Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies: Credible Targets for Incredible Results?, Simone Borghesi
Adaptation, Mitigation and “Green” R&D to Combat Global Climate Change. Insights From an Empirical Integrated Assessment Exercise, Francesco Bosello
Climate Policy and the Optimal Balance between Mitigation, Adaptation and Unavoided Damage, Francesco Bosello, Carlo Carraro, and Enrica De Cian
REDD in the Carbon Market: A General Equilibrium Analysis, Francesco Bosello, Fabio Eboli, Ramiro Parrado, and Renato Rosa
The Economic and Environmental Effects of an EU Ban on Illegal Logging Imports. Insights from a CGE Assessment, Francesco Bosello, Ramiro Parrado, and Renato Rosa
What Should We Expect from Innovation? A Model-Based Assessment of the Environmental and Mitigation Cost Implications of Climate-Related R&D, Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, Romain Duval, and Massimo Tavoni
Alternative Paths toward a Low Carbon World, Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, and Massimo Tavoni
Politics and Economics of Second-Best Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: The Importance of Regulatory Credibility, Valentina Bosetti and David G. Victor
Scaling up Ecosystem Services Values: Methodology, Applicability and a Case Study, Luke M. Brander, Andrea Ghermandi, Onno Kuik, Anil Markandya, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Marije Schaafsma, and Alfred Wagtendonk
Advocatus, et non latro? Testing the Supplier-Induced-Demand Hypothesis for Italian, Paolo Buonanno and Matteo M. Galizzi
The Right Amount of Trust, Jeffrey Butler, Paola Giuliano, and Luigi Guiso
Regulatory Independence and Political Interference: Evidence from EU Mixed-Ownership Utilities’ Investment and Debt, Carlo Cambini and Laura Rondi
Beyond Copenhagen: A Realistic Climate Policy in a Fragmented World, Carlo Carraro and Emanuele Massetti
Potentials and Limits of Bayesian Networks to Deal with Uncertainty in the Assessment of Climate Change Adaptation Policies, Michela Catenacci and Carlo Giupponi
Migrants’ International Transfers and Educational Expenditure: Empirical Evidence from Albania, Cristina Cattaneo
A Participatory Approach to Assess the Effectiveness of Responses to Cope with Flood Risk, Lucia Ceccato, Valentina Giannini, and Carlo Giupponi
The Impact of Mergers on the Degree of Competition in the Banking Industry, Vittoria Cerasi, Barbara Chizzolini, and Marc Ivaldi
”Thou shalt not covet ...”: Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values, Matteo Cervellati and Paolo Vanin
On the Realized Volatility of the ECX CO2 Emissions 2008 Futures Contract: Distribution, Dynamics and Forecasting, Julien Chevallier and Benoît Sévi
Marketing via Friends: Strategic Diffusion of Information in Social Networks with Homophily, Roman Chuhay
The Economic Impact of the Green Certificate Market through the Macro Multiplier Approach, Maurizio Ciaschini, Francesca Severini, Claudio Socci, and Rosita Pretaroli
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Form and Function in the 21st Century, Gordon L. Clark and Ashby H. B. Monk
A Theory of Firm Decline, Gian Luca Clementi, Thomas Cooley, and Sonia Di Giannatale
Monitoring Managers: Does it Matter?, Francesca Cornelli, Zbigniew Kominek, and Alexander Ljungqvist
Crime and Education in a Model of Information Transmission, Darwin Cortés, Guido Friebel, and Darío Maldonado
On the Green Side of Trade Competitiveness? Environmental Policies and Innovation in the EU, Valeria Costantini and Massimiliano Mazzanti
Environmental Performance and Regional Innovation Spillovers, Valeria Costantini, Massimiliano Mazzanti, and Anna Montini
Social Responsibility as a Driver for Local Sustainable Development, Elena Costantino, Maria Paola Marchello, and Cecilia Mezzano
Getting Cars Off the Road: The Cost-Effectiveness of an Episodic Pollution Control Program, Maureen L. Cropper, Yi Jiang, Anna Alberini, and Patrick Baur
“Google it!” Forecasting the US Unemployment Rate with a Google Job Search index, Francesco D’Amuri and Juri Marcucci
International Cooperation on Climate Change Adaptation from an Economic Perspective, Kelly C. de Bruin, Rob B. Dellink, and Richard S.J. Tol
Modeling Biased Technical Change. Implications for Climate Policy, Enrica De Cian, Carlo Carraro, and Lea Nicita
The Role of International Carbon Offsets in a Second-best Climate Policy: A Numerical Evaluation, Enrica De Cian and Massimo Tavoni
Optimal Patentability Requirements with Fragmented Property Rights, Vincenzo Denicolò and Christine Halmenschlager
Leadership Cycles, Vincenzo Denicolo and Piercarlo Zanchettin
Spatial Development, Klaus Desmet and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Profit Sharing under the Threat of Nationalization, Luca Di Corato
A Hybrid Approach to the Valuation of Climate Change Effects on Ecosystem Services: Evidence from the European Forests, Helen Ding, Silvia Silvestri, Aline Chiabai, and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes
The Causes of Corruption: Evidence from China, Bin Dong and Benno Torgler
The Consequences of Corruption: Evidences from China, Bin Dong and Benno Torgler
Resistance to Change, James Dow and Enrico Perotti
European Takeover Law: The Case for a Neutral Approach, Luca Enriques
Fairness, Credibility and Effectiveness in the Copenhagen Accord: An Economic Assessment, Alice Favero and Enrica De Cian
Optimal Investment and Financial Strategies under Tax Rate Uncertainty, Alessandro Fedele, Paolo M. Panteghini, and Sergio Vergalli
Women’s Rights and Development, Raquel Fernández
International Environmental Agreements under Uncertainty: Does the Veil of Uncertainty Help?, Michael Finus and Pedro Pintassilgo
Core-stable Rings in Second Price Auctions with Common Values, Françoise Forges and Ram Orzach
A Simple Theory of Predation, Chiara Fumagalli and Massimo Motta
Exclusive Dealing: The Interaction between Foreclosure and Investment Promotion, Chiara Fumagalli, Massimo Motta, and Thomas Rønde
Conscription and Crime: Evidence from the Argentine Draft Lottery, Sebastian Galiani, Martín A. Rossi, and Ernesto Schargrodsky