Papers by Andrea Vezzulli
Factors influencing the road accidents in low and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review
International journal of injury control and safety promotion, Feb 21, 2024
Research Square (Research Square), Jun 25, 2024
Despite the remarkable growth in frontier technology adoption (FTR) in the Global South, empirica... more Despite the remarkable growth in frontier technology adoption (FTR) in the Global South, empirical evidence concerning their socioeconomic impacts in the context of Africa is hard to find. This study, therefore, employs macro data for a sample of 39 African countries to bridge three pressing gaps in the growth literature. First, we examine the impact of FTR on economic growth. Second, the study assesses whether FTR and egalitarian democracy synergistically enhance economic growth. Third, this study examines the heterogeneous effects of FTR across growth quantiles. Robust evidence, based on the dynamic system-GMM and the method of moments quantile regression, reveals the following: first, FTR promotes economic growth, but the effect is modest; second, egalitarian democracy amplifies the growth-enhancing impact of FTR, but only at higher thresholds of egalitarianism. Third, although FTR is growth-enhancing across all growth quantiles, the effect diminishes from the 1 st to the 9 th quantile. However, in the presence of egalitarian democracy, FTR significantly enhances growth across all growth quantiles from the 1 st to the 9 th . We conclude that progress in egalitarian democracy and investments for enhancing FTR are crucial for economic growth in Africa.
Big Profits, Big Harm? Exploring the Link Between Firm Financial Performance and Human Rights Misbehavior
Business & Society, Jan 12, 2023
We examine whether, relative to their global peers, the financial performance of firms from devel... more We examine whether, relative to their global peers, the financial performance of firms from developing countries leads to increases in human rights abuses. We also study the institutional conditions that qualify this relationship. Based on a combination of behavioral and neo-institutional theories, we suggest there is a positive relationship between financial performance and human rights misbehavior as home country liabilities motivate firms to misbehave to achieve their primary goal of economic leadership. We also suggest that strong regulatory and normative pressures attenuate the abovementioned positive relationship, as failure to comply with norms endangers such firms’ secondary goal of achieving international legitimacy. Our analysis, based on a sample of 245 large companies from eight developing countries studied over a 20-year period, supports our hypotheses. Our empirical results suggest that such companies misbehave when they endeavor to strike a balance between maintaining their global economic leadership and sustaining their social legitimacy.
Factors associated with crash severity on Bangladesh roadways: empirical evidence from Dhaka city
International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Jan 23, 2022
As road traffic accidents (RTAs) cause enormous economic and human losses, especially in developi... more As road traffic accidents (RTAs) cause enormous economic and human losses, especially in developing countries, numerous research efforts are needed to identify the key risk factors that significantly influence accident and crash severity. Despite that Dhaka city is registering alarming rises in related deaths and severe injuries, Bangladesh has yet to collect significant RTAs data. Thus, this study adopts probit and Heckman selection probit models to investigate RTAs and injury severity levels using original data from an on-field survey collecting 786 participants' responses regarding their socio-economic and demographic characteristics, their knowledge of road traffic systems and rules, the roads and vehicles types, and the road infrastructure conditions. Probit model showed that the major risk factors that increase road accidents causing severe injuries were wrong-way driving, and lack of speed control signs and adequate street lights. RTAs resulting in severe injuries were significantly associated with being married, not having an educational degree, driving on highways and in city areas. Furthermore, the Heckman probit model's selection equation showed that respondents who were unaware of road accident risks, resided in rural areas, and with high household income had higher risks of being directly involved in RTAs.
This publication is a Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commissio... more This publication is a Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use that might be made of this publication.
Inclusive Green Growth in OECD Countries: Insight from the Lasso Regularization and Inferential Techniques
CRC Press eBooks, Jun 20, 2023
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Apr 1, 2015
Determinants of Awareness on Road Accidents and Knowledge on Traffic Rules: Empirical Evidence From Khulna City in Bangladesh
Social Science Research Network, Nov 16, 2019
Factors associated with crash severity on Bangladesh roadways: empirical evidence from Dhaka city
International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
As road traffic accidents (RTAs) cause enormous economic and human losses, especially in developi... more As road traffic accidents (RTAs) cause enormous economic and human losses, especially in developing countries, numerous research efforts are needed to identify the key risk factors that significantly influence accident and crash severity. Despite that Dhaka city is registering alarming rises in related deaths and severe injuries, Bangladesh has yet to collect significant RTAs data. Thus, this study adopts probit and Heckman selection probit models to investigate RTAs and injury severity levels using original data from an on-field survey collecting 786 participants' responses regarding their socio-economic and demographic characteristics, their knowledge of road traffic systems and rules, the roads and vehicles types, and the road infrastructure conditions. Probit model showed that the major risk factors that increase road accidents causing severe injuries were wrong-way driving, and lack of speed control signs and adequate street lights. RTAs resulting in severe injuries were significantly associated with being married, not having an educational degree, driving on highways and in city areas. Furthermore, the Heckman probit model's selection equation showed that respondents who were unaware of road accident risks, resided in rural areas, and with high household income had higher risks of being directly involved in RTAs.
The proliferation of non-practicing entities (NPEs) has become a topic of intense academic debate and an important public policy issue especially in the U.S., where academic researchers have focused most of their attention. On the contrary, conventional wisdom holds that the presence of NPEs in E...
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2021
STI 2018 Conference Proceedings, Sep 11, 2018
All papers published in this conference proceedings have been peer reviewed through a peer review... more All papers published in this conference proceedings have been peer reviewed through a peer review process administered by the proceedings Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a conference proceedings.
Non-Practicing Entities in Europe: an Empirical Analysis of Patent Acquisitions at the European Patent Office
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2021
The impact of in-house certifications on farmers' social and environmental conduct
The market for certified products has grown dramatically since the 1990s, driven by the desire of... more The market for certified products has grown dramatically since the 1990s, driven by the desire of advanced economies’ consumers for better traceability, quality, and sustainable practices along the value chain. Coffee, the second most traded commodity in the world, has been at the forefront of the debate on standards and their respective certifications. Large Multinational Corporations (MNCs) involved in the production and commercialization of coffee have developed in-house programs certifying farmers, as a way to control their production social and environmental practices. This paper analyses the impact of one type of in-house certification on certified farmers’ environmental and social conduct. It does so by using a large multi-country sample of farmers from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and, Mexico. Results of the analysis show that in-house certifications impact social and environmental conducts differently: certified farmers display a better environmental conduct than...
Sailing through the storms towards Treasure Island: The relationships between strategies, obstacles and firm performance
Companies devise strategies to successfully navigate an uncertain business environment. They need... more Companies devise strategies to successfully navigate an uncertain business environment. They need to tackle regulatory or market obstacles in order to succeed. This study focuses on the complex relationship between strategies, obstacles and firm performance. It uses regression techniques on a cross-national sample of 37,150 European companies in 14 Member States to study the correlation between: i) firms\u2019 perceptions about the importance of strategies and obstacles, and ii) firms\u2019 innovation and economic performance. The findings indicate that firms pursuing cost reduction strategies and perceiving the lack of demand and adequate finance as obstacles experience poor performances. By contrast, those pursuing adaptability strategies and perceiving the lack of qualified personnel as an obstacle grow faster, and those with explicit product innovation strategies innovate more. High-growth enterprises appear less sensitive about financial constraints, more interested in the availability of skilled labour and benefiting more from cooperation than the others
Sailing through the storms towards Treasure Island: The relationships between strategies, obstacles and firm performance
Companies devise strategies to successfully navigate an uncertain business environment. They need... more Companies devise strategies to successfully navigate an uncertain business environment. They need to tackle regulatory or market obstacles in order to succeed. This study focuses on the complex relationship between strategies, obstacles and firm performance. It uses regression techniques on a cross-national sample of 37,150 European companies in 14 Member States to study the correlation between: i) firms\u2019 perceptions about the importance of strategies and obstacles, and ii) firms\u2019 innovation and economic performance. The findings indicate that firms pursuing cost reduction strategies and perceiving the lack of demand and adequate finance as obstacles experience poor performances. By contrast, those pursuing adaptability strategies and perceiving the lack of qualified personnel as an obstacle grow faster, and those with explicit product innovation strategies innovate more. High-growth enterprises appear less sensitive about financial constraints, more interested in the availability of skilled labour and benefiting more from cooperation than the others
The Effects of Official and Unofficial Information on Tax Compliance
Research Papers in Economics, Apr 1, 2018
The administration of tax policy has shifted its focus from enforcement to complementary instru-m... more The administration of tax policy has shifted its focus from enforcement to complementary instru-ments aimed at creating a social norm of tax compliance. In this paper we provide an analysis of the effects of the dissemination of information regarding the past degree of tax evasion at the social level on the current individual tax compliance behavior. We build an experiment where, for given levels of audit probabilities, fines and tax rates, subjects have to declare their income after receiving either a communication of the official average tax evasion rate or a private message from a group of ran-domly matched peers about their tax behavior. We use the experimental data to estimate a dynamic econometric model of tax evasion. The econometric model extends the Allingham–Sandmo–Yitzhaki tax evasion model to include self-consistency and endogenous social interactions among taxpayers. We find four main results. First, tax compliance is very persistent. Second, the higher the official past tax evasion rate the higher the degree of persistence: evaders are more likely to evade again, and compli-ant individuals are more likely to comply again. Third, when all peers communicate to have evaded (complied) in the past, both evaders and compliant individuals are more likely to evade (comply). Fourth, while both treatments, and especially the unofficial information treatment, are associated, in the context of our experiment, with a significantly larger growth in evasion intensity, the aggregate effect depends on the characteristics of the population. In countries with inherently low levels of tax evasion, official information can have beneficial effects by consolidating the behavior of compliant individuals. However, in countries with inherently high levels of tax evasion, official information can have detrimental effects by intensifying the behavior of evaders. In both cases, the impact of official information is magnified in the presence of strong peer effects.
Are migrant inventors more productive than native ones?
International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, 2019
Towards sustainability: Does energy efficiency reduce unemployment in African societies?
Sustainable Cities and Society
Theoretical Economics Letters
This paper explores the social, demographic, economic, and other relevant determinants of road ac... more This paper explores the social, demographic, economic, and other relevant determinants of road accident victims' awareness and knowledge regarding traffic rules. Data were collected from 200 victims of road traffic accidents (RTAs) in Khulna City, Bangladesh, using face-to-face surveys and interviews. Using probit model estimation, seven factors were found to be statistically significant: gender, training experience, education, access to media, previous involvement in road accidents, residence in urban areas, and high-skilled jobs. The results show that victims with training experience, higher education, access to media, and previous road accident experiences are more aware of road accidents and have learned adequate traffic rules. Victims who live in rural areas or have low-skilled jobs are less likely to have knowledge of traffic rules than those who live in urban areas or those with high-skilled jobs. In addition, males are likely to be more aware of RTAs than females.
Financial intermediation and guarantee-backed loans: an analysis of default
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