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October 2017

A new European Democracy

Antonio Patuelli
Europe has to go back to reaffirm rights and duties of European citizenship, creating new opportunities of economic and social development. The European Parliament can foster stability ...

Europe, our new homeland

Antonio Tajani
Migration, terrorism and financial crisis are the three main challenges Europe needs to find proper responses. Hard work is required from the EU Institutions and Member States ...

Sovereign rating: a comparison among different rating agencies

Massimo Regalli, Maria Gaia Soana, Emanuele Testi
Our research compares sovereign ratings assigned by the American S&P, Fitch and Moody's, and the most important Chinese credit rating agency, Dagong. Differences in sovereign ratings appear rather small among ...
Economic and financial research should be not only rigorous enough to be published in professional journals, but also relevant for financial institutions management. Empirical-quantitative research can also coincide with ...
The third issue of the Consob Report on Financial investments of Italian households shows that in 2016 net wealth keeps rising among euro area households, whilst in Italy it remains stable at 2007 level. Italian households ...

Financial advisors and household investments in Italy: confidence, knowledge and relationship

Massimo Caratelli, Joe Capobianco, Nadia Linciano, Nicola Ronchetti, Paola Soccorso
The choice of the financial advisor is mainly driven by customers'confidence, along with the recommendation from the investment firm, while competences are less relevant. Empathetic skills keep being important also ...
The opportunities offered by digital technologies represent a leverage for economic growth. Financial services have always relied on technology and evolved in line with technological innovation, but the supply of financial ...