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Publications

by alumni of

Università degli Studi di Palermo → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche

University of Palermo → Department of Economics, Business and Statistics

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Working papers

2025

  1. Abreham Adera & Luciano Lavecchia & Raffaele Miniaci & Paola Valbonesi, 2025, "An analysis of energy poverty in the European Union," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 912, Mar.
  2. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia, 2025, "Here comes the flood: the climate risk of residential mortgages in Rimini," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 925, Apr.
  3. Luciano Lavecchia & Alessandra Pasquini, 2025, "The prodigal atom: an analysis on the potential comeback of nuclear power in Italy," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 947, Jun.
  4. Laurynas Naruševičius & Ieva Mikaliūnaitė-Jouvanceau, 2025, "Systemic Risk Modelling System (SRMS): a macroprudential stress testing model," Bank of Lithuania Discussion Paper Series, Bank of Lithuania, number 41, Jan.

2024

  1. Guido de Blasio & Roberta Fiori & Luciano Lavecchia & Michele Loberto & Valentina Michelangeli & Elena Padovani & Elena Pisano & Maria Lisa Rodano & Giacomo Roma & Tiziana Rosolin & Pietro Tommasino, 2024, "Improving the energy efficiency of homes in Italy: the state of the art and some considerations for public intervention," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 845, Apr.
  2. Francesco Braggiotti & Nicola Chiarini & Giulio Dondi & Luciano Lavecchia & Valeria Lionetti & Juri Marcucci & Riccardo Russo, 2024, "Predicting buildings' EPC in Italy: a machine learning based-approach," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 850, Jun.
  3. Luciano Lavecchia & Raffaele Miniaci & Paola Valbonesi & Gowthami Venkateswaran, 2024, "Energy poverty risk: a spatial index based on energy efficiency," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 864, Jul.

2023

  1. Andrea Colabella & Luciano Lavecchia & Valentina Michelangeli & Raffaella Pico, 2023, "To eat or to heat: are energy bills squeezing people's spending?," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 800, Oct.

2022

  1. bucci, valeria & ferrara, giancarlo & resce, giuliano, 2022, "Fiscal decentralization and efficiency: empirical evidence from Italian municipalities," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 111515.
  2. Luciano Lavecchia & Jacopo Appodia & Paolo Cantatore & Rita Cappariello & Stefano Di Virgilio & Alberto Felettigh & Andrea Giustini & Valeria Guberti & Danilo Liberati & Giorgio Meucci & Stefano Pierm, 2022, "Data and methods to evaluate climate-related and environmental risks in Italy," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 732, Nov.
  3. Jaunius Karmelavičius & Ieva Mikaliūnaitė-Jouvanceau & Austėja Petrokaitė, 2022, "Housing and credit misalignments in a two-market disequilibrium framework," Bank of Lithuania Occasional Paper Series, Bank of Lithuania, number 42, Apr.
  4. Jaunius Karmelavičius & Ieva Mikaliūnaitė-Jouvanceau & Andrius Buteikis, 2022, "What drove the rise in bank lending rates in Lithuania during the low-rate era?," Bank of Lithuania Occasional Paper Series, Bank of Lithuania, number 43, May.

2021

  1. ferrara, giancarlo & campagna, arianna & bucci, valeria & atella, vincenzo, 2021, "Presumptive taxation and firms’ efficiency: an integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 111516.
  2. Enrico Bernardini & Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia & Alessandro Mistretta & Filippo Natoli, 2021, "Central banks, climate risks and sustainable finance," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 608, Mar.
  3. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia, 2021, "Households' energy demand and the effects of carbon pricing in Italy," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 614, Apr.
  4. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia & Alessandro Mistretta & Valentina Michelangeli, 2021, "A micro-founded climate stress test on the financial vulnerability of Italian households and firms," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 639, Oct.
  5. Giuseppe Albanese & Rosalia Greco & Luciano Lavecchia & Marco Manile, 2021, "New evidence on State aid for firms in Italy," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 640, Oct.

2020

  1. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia, 2020, "The carbon footprint of Italian loans," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 557, Apr.
  2. Luciano Lavecchia & Luigi Leva & David Loschiavo, 2020, "SMEs’ direct and indirect access to public guarantees: an evaluation of regional regulations," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 558, Apr.
  3. Valentin Jouvanceau & Ieva Mikaliunaite, 2020, "Euro Area Monetary Communications: Excess Sensitivity and Perception Shocks," Bank of Lithuania Working Paper Series, Bank of Lithuania, number 79, Oct.

2019

  1. Federico Belotti & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2019, "Imposing monotonicity in stochastic frontier models: an iterative nonlinear least squares procedure," CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, number 462, Jul, revised 29 Jan 2021.
  2. Giancarlo Ferrara & Arianna Campagna & Vincenzo Atella, 2019, "Disentangling tax evasion from inefficiency in firms tax declaration: an integrated approach," CEIS Research Paper, Tor Vergata University, CEIS, number 468, Sep, revised 06 Sep 2019.
  3. Giuseppe Albanese & Raffaello Bronzini & Luciano Lavecchia & Giovanni Soggia, 2019, "Regional policies for Italian innovative start-ups," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 511, Oct.

2017

  1. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia & Marco Borgarello, 2017, "A new measure of households� energy poverty," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 404, Oct.
  2. Stagnaro, Carlo & Amenta, Carlo & Di Croce, Giulia & Lavecchia, Luciano, 2017, "La liberalizzazione del mercato elettrico - Una proposta per superare la maggior tutela
    [The liberalization of Italy's retail electricity market: a policy proposal]    ," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 81768, Oct.

2015

  1. Luciano Lavecchia, 2015, "A note on social capital, space and growth in Europe," Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 1017, Jul.

2014

  1. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia, 2014, "Energy poverty in Italy," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 240, Oct.

2013

  1. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Vidoli, Francesco & Canello, Jacopo & Campagna, Arianna, 2013, "Labour-use Efficiency in the Italian Machinery Industry: a Non-parametric Stochastic Frontier Perspective," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 94359.

2012

  1. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia, 2012, "Costs and benefits of relaunching nuclear energy in Italy," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area, number 114, Feb.
  2. Fazio, Giorgio & Lavecchia, Luciano, 2012, "Social capital formation across space: proximity and trust in European regions," SIRE Discussion Papers, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE), number 2012-30.

2010

  1. Lavecchia, Luciano & Stagnaro, Carlo, 2010, "Are Green Jobs Real Jobs? The Case of Italy," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 49472, May.

Journal articles

2026

  1. Federico Belotti & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2026, "Imposing Monotonicity in Stochastic Frontier Models: An Iterative Nonlinear Least Squares Procedure," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, volume 68, issue 2, pages 1155-1189, August, DOI: 10.1007/s10614-025-11086-w.
  2. Veronica Allegrini & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2026, "Determinants of Migrants’ Remittances During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Italian Provinces," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, volume 27, issue 2, pages 953-974, June, DOI: 10.1007/s12134-025-01336-z.
  3. Douglas Mugabe & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2026, "Harnessing draft animal power: boosting efficiency in smallholder conventional farming," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 58, issue 30, pages 6125-6138, June, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2025.2516163.

2025

  1. Andrea Colabella & Luciano Lavecchia & Valentina Michelangeli & Raffaella Pico, 2025, "Are Energy Bills Squeezing People’s Spending?," International Journal of Microsimulation, International Microsimulation Association, volume 18, issue 3, pages 1-25, DOI: 10.34196/ijm.00315.
  2. Couaillier, Cyril & Dimitrov, Ivan & Faber, Finn & Forletta, Marco & Mikaliūnaitė-Jouvanceau, Ieva & Nunes, André & Pollastri, Alessandro & Röhm, Nicola, 2025, "Simulating dynamic balance sheet reactions and macroprudential policy using the 2025 EU-wide stress test," Macroprudential Bulletin, European Central Bank, volume 32.

2024

  1. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Kounetas, Konstantinos E., 2024, "US banks efficiency after global financial crisis: Transient and persistent decomposition," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, volume 72, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2024.102115.
  2. Eirini Stergiou & Nikos Rigas & Giancarlo Ferrara & Eleni Mantzari & Konstantinos Kounetas, 2024, "National Environmental Taxes and Industrial Waste in Countries across Europe," Energies, MDPI, volume 17, issue 10, pages 1-13, May.
  3. Valeria Bucci & Giancarlo Ferrara & Giuliano Resce, 2024, "Local government spending efficiency and fiscal decentralization: evidence from Italian municipalities," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 56, issue 5, pages 599-614, January, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2169241.
  4. Valeria Bucci & Giancarlo Ferrara & Giuliano Resce, 2024, "Female presence in local government and cost efficiency: the case of Italian municipalities," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 58, issue 1, pages 16-29, January, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2186386.
  5. Luciano Lavecchia, 2024, "La povert? energetica in Italia," PRISMA Economia - Societ? - Lavoro, FrancoAngeli Editore, volume 2024, issue 2, pages 22-34.

2023

  1. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Bucci, Valeria & Campagna, Arianna, 2023, "Audit, presumptive taxation and efficiency: An integrated approach for tax compliance analysis," Economic Systems, Elsevier, volume 47, issue 3, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2023.101099.
  2. Atella, Vincenzo & Braione, Manuela & Ferrara, Giancarlo & Resce, Giuliano, 2023, "Cohesion Policy Funds and local government autonomy: Evidence from Italian municipalities," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, volume 87, issue PB, DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2023.101586.
  3. Jaunius Karmelavičius & Ieva Mikaliūnaitė-Jouvanceau & Andrius Buteikis, 2023, "What drove the rise in bank lending rates in Lithuania during the low-rate era?," Baltic Journal of Economics, Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies, volume 23, issue 2, pages 162-199.
  4. Jouvanceau, Valentin & Mikaliunaite-Jouvanceau, Ieva, 2023, "ECB monetary communications: Market fragmentation at stake," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 225, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111050.

2022

  1. Faiella, Ivan & Lavecchia, Luciano & Michelangeli, Valentina & Mistretta, Alessandro, 2022, "A climate stress test on the financial vulnerability of Italian households and firms," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, volume 44, issue 2, pages 396-417, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2021.11.001.
  2. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia, 2022, "The carbon content of Italian loans," Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 12, issue 3, pages 939-957, July, DOI: 10.1080/20430795.2020.1814076.

2021

  1. Andrea Cipollini & Ieva Mikaliunaite, 2021, "Financial distress and real economic activity in Lithuania: a Granger causality test based on mixed-frequency VAR," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 61, issue 2, pages 855-881, August, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-020-01888-2.

2020

  1. Stagnaro, Carlo & Amenta, Carlo & Di Croce, Giulia & Lavecchia, Luciano, 2020, "Managing the liberalization of Italy's retail electricity market: A policy proposal☆," Energy Policy, Elsevier, volume 137, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111150.
  2. Cipollini, Andrea & Mikaliunaite, Ieva, 2020, "Macro-uncertainty and financial stress spillovers in the Eurozone," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 89, issue C, pages 546-558, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2019.11.017.

2019

  1. Xiaoli L. Etienne & Giancarlo Ferrara & Douglas Mugabe, 2019, "How efficient is maize production among smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe? A comparison of semiparametric and parametric frontier efficiency analyses," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 51, issue 26, pages 2855-2871, June, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1558363.
  2. Luciano Lavecchia & Carlo Stagnaro, 2019, "There ain’t no such thing as a free deed: the case of Italian notaries," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, volume 47, issue 2, pages 277-290, April, DOI: 10.1007/s10657-019-09612-x.

2017

  1. Ferrara, Giancarlo & Vidoli, Francesco, 2017, "Semiparametric stochastic frontier models: A generalized additive model approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, volume 258, issue 2, pages 761-777, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.09.008.
  2. Luciano Lavecchia & Carlo Stagnaro, 2017, "Notaries: public officers or private professionals? Evidence from a randomized experiment," Mercato Concorrenza Regole, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 79-104.

2015

  1. Francesco Vidoli & Giancarlo Ferrara, 2015, "Analyzing Italian citrus sector by semi-nonparametric frontier efficiency models," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 49, issue 2, pages 641-658, September, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-014-0879-6.
  2. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia, 2015, "Energy Poverty in Italy," Politica economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 27-76.

2014

  1. F. David & L. Lavecchia, 2014, "The crisis of the Italian oil sector: the case of Sicily," Rivista economica del Mezzogiorno, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1-2, pages 217-234.
  2. Luciano Lavecchia & Carlo Stagnaro, 2014, "Are Green Jobs Real Jobs? The Case of Photovoltaic Power in Italy," Energy & Environment, , volume 25, issue 5, pages 953-970, July, DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.25.5.953.

2013

  1. Giorgio Fazio & Luciano Lavecchia, 2013, "Social Capital Formation across Space," International Regional Science Review, , volume 36, issue 3, pages 296-321, July, DOI: 10.1177/0160017613484928.

2008

  1. Muggeo, Vito M.R. & Ferrara, Giancarlo, 2008, "Fitting generalized linear models with unspecified link function: A P-spline approach," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, volume 52, issue 5, pages 2529-2537, January.

Chapters

2022

  1. Ivan Faiella & Luciano Lavecchia, 2022, "The carbon content of Italian loans," IFC Bulletins chapters, Bank for International Settlements, in: Bank for International Settlements, "Statistics for Sustainable Finance".

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