This paper reviews the extensive theoretical and empirical literature on currency substitution.
After discussing the ambiguity surrounding the definition of currency substitution, the paper …

Hairy roots (HRs) are differentiated cultures of transformed roots generated by the infection
of wounded higher plants with Agrobacterium rhizogenes. This pathogen causes the HR …

Traceability of animals and animal products has become a priority for governments of the
developed countries, due to consumer demand for comprehensive and integrated food safety …

This paper presents a partial equilibrium model of the determination of domestic and export
prices by a monopolistic competitive firm. The model stresses the role of exchange rate …

Using 1970–1985 sectoral data for the OECD we find that inflation in nontradable goods
exceeds inflation in tradables. We identify a demand shift towards nontradables and faster …

Whilst the Lega Nord has traditionally been defined as a regionalist populist party, since
Matteo Salvini became its leader in 2013 it has undergone a process of profound ideological …

In the last 30 years several cases of West Nile (WN) virus infection were reported in horses
and humans in Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin. Most of them were determined by …

This paper presents an analysis of the theoretical underpinnings and the relevance of the
phenomenon of financial repression from a public-finance perspective. The analysis explicitly …

This paper provides emperical evidence on the question of whether savings respond positively
to changes in the real rate of interest in LDCs, exploiting some of the implications of the …

This paper concerns the results recently obtained by the UA5 Collaboration on charged
particle multiplicity distributions at the CERN $$p\bar p$$ collider $$(\sqrt s = 540 GeV)$$ and …