Elina De Simone
Biographic Data
| ID | 4127701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elina De Simone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elina |
| FAMILY NAME | De Simone |
| SIGNATURE | DE SIMONE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Roma Tre University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0274-2062 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From Registration to Activation: A Quantitative Analysis of Citizens’ Uptake of a Downstream Co-production Service for Inclusive Mobility in Rome (Italy)
This paper examines the implementation and outcomes of the Taxi Voucher Program in Rome, introduced in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide safe urban mobility options for vulnerable groups, including women, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. The program is framed as an example of downstream process for the co-production of service delivery, involving digitally mediated participation in service delivery between municipal aut…
Health spending, income inequality and patient mobility: Evidence from Italian regions
This study investigates the interplay between income inequality, health spending and patient mobility within the context of the Italian healthcare system. By analysing a balanced panel of 15 Italian regions from 2003 to 2019, we examine how income inequality influences regional health expenditure policies and moderates the relationship between interregional compensation for patient mobility and public health spending. Our findings indicate that b…
Does accrual accounting make municipalities spend less
Accrual accounting in the public sector aims to enhance fiscal transparency, decision-making, comparability, and cost-effectiveness. The Italian reform of public sector accounting in 2011 provides an excellent quasi-natural experiment for studying the effect of accrual accounting on public financial management. Our results indicate that accrual accounting has a disciplining effect on local public spending, strengthening fiscal positions. Importan…
International networks in cultural industries: The case of agencies for opera artists in the immediate post-Covid-19 period
This study presents an empirical investigation into the internationalization processes within the opera performing arts industry, which represents a critical component of the broader creative industries. By utilizing data from Operabase, a comprehensive online database of opera-related information, we employ social network analysis to delineate the network of connections established between nations through the mobility of opera artists, mediated …
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Inbound Tourism: Synthetic Control Evidence From Italy
This study enhances the expanding but still limited body of evidence concerning the influence of natural hazards on tourism. We augment prior scholarly investigations by scrutinizing the repercussions of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake on incoming tourism, thereby addressing an existing void in the literature regarding the ramifications of extreme events on high‐income nations such as Italy. Moreover, our contribution is novel in its application of …
Transparency Quest Determinants Unveiled: Evidence from Italian Local FOI Requests
Despite the growing emphasis on government transparency, there is a noticeable scarcity of studies investigating citizens’ actual demand for information, especially at the local level. This paper addresses this gap by empirically exploring the contextual factors that influence FOI requests within Italian local administrations. The research leverages a unique dataset comprising FOI logs extracted from 305 Italian municipalities, spanning the perio…
Impact of natural disasters on public corruption: The L’Aquila case
Coproduction and satisfaction with online schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from European countries
This paper investigates the effect of parents’ coproduction in online schooling on satisfaction with educational services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using European cross country microdata from the 2020 Eurofound survey, we reveal that parents’ involvement in home schooling is strongly correlated with their satisfaction with educational services. Our results contribute to the on-going debate regarding the importance of citizens’ involvement in …
Exploring FOI publicity patterns: The case of Italian municipalities
Exploring motivations behind the introduction of tourist accommodation taxes: The case of the Marche region in Italy
Environmental protection and happiness: A long-run relationship in Europe
Corruption and tax revenues: Evidence from Italian regions
This paper investigates the impact of corruption on tax revenues. Drawing on Italian regional data that distinguish between corruption crimes in which public officers play an active role (active corruption) and crimes in which there is collusion between the public officers and their private counterparts (passive corruption), the paper shows that only active corruption harms tax revenues. We argue that active corruption alters the incentives for h…
Expectations About Future Economic Prospects and Satisfaction with Democracy: Evidence from European Countries during the Covid-19 Crisis
Recent studies highlight that economic expectations are a crucial determinant of citizens’ satisfaction with democracy (SWD). This article relies on a cross-sectional analysis of European survey data collected in the aftermath of COVID-19 disease to investigate the relationship between citizens’ expectations about future economic prospects and their SWD. Our findings support the idea that citizens’ expectations about future economic prospects are…
Unesco World Heritage sites and tourism attractiveness: The case of Italian provinces
Does redistribution matter? The decomposition of the fiscal residuum in Italian regions
Fiscal residuum has often been used as an index of the territorial balance between taxes paid and benefits received from the policies of different tiers of government. Its standard calculation, however, conflates what of the residuum is due to the need of financing public spending and what is due to the redistributive aims of government levels. This paper introduces a decomposition that isolates these two elements. The empirical evidence for Ital…
Do Unesco World Heritage Sites Influence International Tourist Arrivals? Evidence from Italian Provincial Data
Cross-Country Heterogeneity in Government Transparency and Citizens’ Political Efficacy: A Multilevel Empirical Analysis
Using cross-country data from the Citizenship database of the 2004 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and relying on multilevel mixed-effects modeling, we investigate the link between government transparency and citizens’ external political efficacy. Results indicate that transparency enhances the perception of institutions’ responsiveness to citizens’ actions, but also highlight that this effect is mediated by citizens’ level of educat…
What Drives Political Parties' Commitment to the ‘Stability Culture’? An Empirical Analysis Based on the Electoral Manifestos Issued in EU Member States
By using data extracted from the political manifestos released by national political parties from 27 European Union countries over the 1990–2012 period, we estimate non‐linear econometric models whose aim is to understand the determinants of cross‐country political concern for the ‘stability culture’. This expression describes an economic policy perspective based on the aims of providing price stability, fiscally disciplined budgets and rules and…
Social Support, Industrial Parks and FDI Location Choice Across Hungarian Counties
Do Unesco World Heritage Sites Influence International Tourist Arrivals? Evidence from Italian Provincial Data
Cross-Country Heterogeneity in Government Transparency and Citizens’ Political Efficacy: A Multilevel Empirical Analysis
Using cross-country data from the Citizenship database of the 2004 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and relying on multilevel mixed-effects modeling, we investigate the link between government transparency and citizens’ external political efficacy. Results indicate that transparency enhances the perception of institutions’ responsiveness to citizens’ actions, but also highlight that this effect is mediated by citizens’ level of educat…
Unesco World Heritage sites and tourism attractiveness: The case of Italian provinces
Exploring FOI publicity patterns: The case of Italian municipalities
Environmental protection and happiness: A long-run relationship in Europe
Expectations About Future Economic Prospects and Satisfaction with Democracy: Evidence from European Countries during the Covid-19 Crisis
Recent studies highlight that economic expectations are a crucial determinant of citizens’ satisfaction with democracy (SWD). This article relies on a cross-sectional analysis of European survey data collected in the aftermath of COVID-19 disease to investigate the relationship between citizens’ expectations about future economic prospects and their SWD. Our findings support the idea that citizens’ expectations about future economic prospects are…
What Drives Political Parties' Commitment to the ‘Stability Culture’? An Empirical Analysis Based on the Electoral Manifestos Issued in EU Member States
By using data extracted from the political manifestos released by national political parties from 27 European Union countries over the 1990–2012 period, we estimate non‐linear econometric models whose aim is to understand the determinants of cross‐country political concern for the ‘stability culture’. This expression describes an economic policy perspective based on the aims of providing price stability, fiscally disciplined budgets and rules and…
Exploring motivations behind the introduction of tourist accommodation taxes: The case of the Marche region in Italy
Corruption and tax revenues: Evidence from Italian regions
This paper investigates the impact of corruption on tax revenues. Drawing on Italian regional data that distinguish between corruption crimes in which public officers play an active role (active corruption) and crimes in which there is collusion between the public officers and their private counterparts (passive corruption), the paper shows that only active corruption harms tax revenues. We argue that active corruption alters the incentives for h…
Social Support, Industrial Parks and FDI Location Choice Across Hungarian Counties
Cross-Country Heterogeneity in Government Transparency and Citizens’ Political Efficacy: A Multilevel Empirical Analysis
Using cross-country data from the Citizenship database of the 2004 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and relying on multilevel mixed-effects modeling, we investigate the link between government transparency and citizens’ external political efficacy. Results indicate that transparency enhances the perception of institutions’ responsiveness to citizens’ actions, but also highlight that this effect is mediated by citizens’ level of educat…
What Drives Political Parties' Commitment to the ‘Stability Culture’? An Empirical Analysis Based on the Electoral Manifestos Issued in EU Member States
By using data extracted from the political manifestos released by national political parties from 27 European Union countries over the 1990–2012 period, we estimate non‐linear econometric models whose aim is to understand the determinants of cross‐country political concern for the ‘stability culture’. This expression describes an economic policy perspective based on the aims of providing price stability, fiscally disciplined budgets and rules and…
Unesco World Heritage sites and tourism attractiveness: The case of Italian provinces
Does redistribution matter? The decomposition of the fiscal residuum in Italian regions
Fiscal residuum has often been used as an index of the territorial balance between taxes paid and benefits received from the policies of different tiers of government. Its standard calculation, however, conflates what of the residuum is due to the need of financing public spending and what is due to the redistributive aims of government levels. This paper introduces a decomposition that isolates these two elements. The empirical evidence for Ital…
Do Unesco World Heritage Sites Influence International Tourist Arrivals? Evidence from Italian Provincial Data
Corruption and tax revenues: Evidence from Italian regions
This paper investigates the impact of corruption on tax revenues. Drawing on Italian regional data that distinguish between corruption crimes in which public officers play an active role (active corruption) and crimes in which there is collusion between the public officers and their private counterparts (passive corruption), the paper shows that only active corruption harms tax revenues. We argue that active corruption alters the incentives for h…
Expectations About Future Economic Prospects and Satisfaction with Democracy: Evidence from European Countries during the Covid-19 Crisis
Recent studies highlight that economic expectations are a crucial determinant of citizens’ satisfaction with democracy (SWD). This article relies on a cross-sectional analysis of European survey data collected in the aftermath of COVID-19 disease to investigate the relationship between citizens’ expectations about future economic prospects and their SWD. Our findings support the idea that citizens’ expectations about future economic prospects are…
Exploring FOI publicity patterns: The case of Italian municipalities
Exploring motivations behind the introduction of tourist accommodation taxes: The case of the Marche region in Italy
Environmental protection and happiness: A long-run relationship in Europe
Coproduction and satisfaction with online schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from European countries
This paper investigates the effect of parents’ coproduction in online schooling on satisfaction with educational services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using European cross country microdata from the 2020 Eurofound survey, we reveal that parents’ involvement in home schooling is strongly correlated with their satisfaction with educational services. Our results contribute to the on-going debate regarding the importance of citizens’ involvement in …
International networks in cultural industries: The case of agencies for opera artists in the immediate post-Covid-19 period
This study presents an empirical investigation into the internationalization processes within the opera performing arts industry, which represents a critical component of the broader creative industries. By utilizing data from Operabase, a comprehensive online database of opera-related information, we employ social network analysis to delineate the network of connections established between nations through the mobility of opera artists, mediated …
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Inbound Tourism: Synthetic Control Evidence From Italy
This study enhances the expanding but still limited body of evidence concerning the influence of natural hazards on tourism. We augment prior scholarly investigations by scrutinizing the repercussions of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake on incoming tourism, thereby addressing an existing void in the literature regarding the ramifications of extreme events on high‐income nations such as Italy. Moreover, our contribution is novel in its application of …
Transparency Quest Determinants Unveiled: Evidence from Italian Local FOI Requests
Despite the growing emphasis on government transparency, there is a noticeable scarcity of studies investigating citizens’ actual demand for information, especially at the local level. This paper addresses this gap by empirically exploring the contextual factors that influence FOI requests within Italian local administrations. The research leverages a unique dataset comprising FOI logs extracted from 305 Italian municipalities, spanning the perio…
Impact of natural disasters on public corruption: The L’Aquila case
From Registration to Activation: A Quantitative Analysis of Citizens’ Uptake of a Downstream Co-production Service for Inclusive Mobility in Rome (Italy)
This paper examines the implementation and outcomes of the Taxi Voucher Program in Rome, introduced in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide safe urban mobility options for vulnerable groups, including women, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. The program is framed as an example of downstream process for the co-production of service delivery, involving digitally mediated participation in service delivery between municipal aut…
Health spending, income inequality and patient mobility: Evidence from Italian regions
This study investigates the interplay between income inequality, health spending and patient mobility within the context of the Italian healthcare system. By analysing a balanced panel of 15 Italian regions from 2003 to 2019, we examine how income inequality influences regional health expenditure policies and moderates the relationship between interregional compensation for patient mobility and public health spending. Our findings indicate that b…
Does accrual accounting make municipalities spend less
Accrual accounting in the public sector aims to enhance fiscal transparency, decision-making, comparability, and cost-effectiveness. The Italian reform of public sector accounting in 2011 provides an excellent quasi-natural experiment for studying the effect of accrual accounting on public financial management. Our results indicate that accrual accounting has a disciplining effect on local public spending, strengthening fiscal positions. Importan…
Economics (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Business (11 works) · Public economics (8 works) · Geography (5 works) · Local Government Finance and Decentralization (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 works) · Medicine (4 works)