Annamaria Nifo
Biographic Data
| ID | 5919200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Annamaria Nifo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Annamaria |
| FAMILY NAME | Nifo |
| SIGNATURE | NIFO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sannio |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 91 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The social role of peripheral universities and tax exemptions, the Italian case
Institutional quality and firms’ productivity in European regions
The relationship between regional institutional quality and firms’ productivity in the period 2010–14 is investigated by regressing a measure of total factor productivity for European manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises on a regional level index of institutional quality and its components, the rule of law and government effectiveness. Strong evidence is found that better local institutions help small and medium-sized enterprises beco…
Rule of law and regulatory quality as drivers of entrepreneurship
This paper investigates empirically the effects of institutions on new business formation in the Italian provinces over the period 2004–12. According to the results, local institutional quality positively affects entry rates, and its impact is stronger in high-tech industries. Among different institutional dimensions, rule of law turns out to be more important in southern lagging regions, while regulatory quality seems more relevant in the develo…
The rule of law and educational choices
The rule of law and educational choices: evidence from Italian regions. Regional Studies. Educational choices about post-secondary fields of study vary across space and time due to psychological, social and economic motivations. A strand of the literature has focused on the role of institutional environment. In this vein, this paper emphasizes the link between regional institutions and students’ preferences by pointing out how effective rule of l…
Do Institutions Play a Role in Skilled Migration? The Case of Italy
Nifo A. and Vecchione G. Do institutions play a role in skilled migration? The case of Italy, Regional Studies. This paper is based on the idea that the migration choices of the highly skilled are driven by the search for favourable socio-economic contexts able to ensure higher income, better employment opportunities but also better institutions. By using data on a sample of 47 300 Italian graduates, the impact of provincial institution quality o…
Subcontracting in Italian Industry
Giunta A., Nifo A. et Scalera D. Subcontracting in Italian industry: labour division, firm growth and the North–South divide, Regional Studies. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of subcontracting on Italian manufacturing firms' growth in the second half of the 1990s. The main results are: (1) producing as subcontractors does not penalize firms but can be a positive determinant of growth, especially when coupled with the propensit…
Do Institutions Play a Role in Skilled Migration? The Case of Italy
Nifo A. and Vecchione G. Do institutions play a role in skilled migration? The case of Italy, Regional Studies. This paper is based on the idea that the migration choices of the highly skilled are driven by the search for favourable socio-economic contexts able to ensure higher income, better employment opportunities but also better institutions. By using data on a sample of 47 300 Italian graduates, the impact of provincial institution quality o…
Institutional quality and firms’ productivity in European regions
The relationship between regional institutional quality and firms’ productivity in the period 2010–14 is investigated by regressing a measure of total factor productivity for European manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises on a regional level index of institutional quality and its components, the rule of law and government effectiveness. Strong evidence is found that better local institutions help small and medium-sized enterprises beco…
Subcontracting in Italian Industry
Giunta A., Nifo A. et Scalera D. Subcontracting in Italian industry: labour division, firm growth and the North–South divide, Regional Studies. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of subcontracting on Italian manufacturing firms' growth in the second half of the 1990s. The main results are: (1) producing as subcontractors does not penalize firms but can be a positive determinant of growth, especially when coupled with the propensit…
Rule of law and regulatory quality as drivers of entrepreneurship
This paper investigates empirically the effects of institutions on new business formation in the Italian provinces over the period 2004–12. According to the results, local institutional quality positively affects entry rates, and its impact is stronger in high-tech industries. Among different institutional dimensions, rule of law turns out to be more important in southern lagging regions, while regulatory quality seems more relevant in the develo…
The rule of law and educational choices
The rule of law and educational choices: evidence from Italian regions. Regional Studies. Educational choices about post-secondary fields of study vary across space and time due to psychological, social and economic motivations. A strand of the literature has focused on the role of institutional environment. In this vein, this paper emphasizes the link between regional institutions and students’ preferences by pointing out how effective rule of l…
Subcontracting in Italian Industry
Giunta A., Nifo A. et Scalera D. Subcontracting in Italian industry: labour division, firm growth and the North–South divide, Regional Studies. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of subcontracting on Italian manufacturing firms' growth in the second half of the 1990s. The main results are: (1) producing as subcontractors does not penalize firms but can be a positive determinant of growth, especially when coupled with the propensit…
Do Institutions Play a Role in Skilled Migration? The Case of Italy
Nifo A. and Vecchione G. Do institutions play a role in skilled migration? The case of Italy, Regional Studies. This paper is based on the idea that the migration choices of the highly skilled are driven by the search for favourable socio-economic contexts able to ensure higher income, better employment opportunities but also better institutions. By using data on a sample of 47 300 Italian graduates, the impact of provincial institution quality o…
The rule of law and educational choices
The rule of law and educational choices: evidence from Italian regions. Regional Studies. Educational choices about post-secondary fields of study vary across space and time due to psychological, social and economic motivations. A strand of the literature has focused on the role of institutional environment. In this vein, this paper emphasizes the link between regional institutions and students’ preferences by pointing out how effective rule of l…
Rule of law and regulatory quality as drivers of entrepreneurship
This paper investigates empirically the effects of institutions on new business formation in the Italian provinces over the period 2004–12. According to the results, local institutional quality positively affects entry rates, and its impact is stronger in high-tech industries. Among different institutional dimensions, rule of law turns out to be more important in southern lagging regions, while regulatory quality seems more relevant in the develo…
Institutional quality and firms’ productivity in European regions
The relationship between regional institutional quality and firms’ productivity in the period 2010–14 is investigated by regressing a measure of total factor productivity for European manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises on a regional level index of institutional quality and its components, the rule of law and government effectiveness. Strong evidence is found that better local institutions help small and medium-sized enterprises beco…
The social role of peripheral universities and tax exemptions, the Italian case
Economics (6 works) · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Quality (philosophy (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Capital (architecture (2 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (2 works)