Massimiliano Mazzanti � News

Gini index and HDI

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:47:46 +0100

read through UNDP HDI webiste and UNDP report

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in connection to HDI, check this out on equality issues

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https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gini-coefficient-by-country

First Presentations in class

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:40:25 +0100

Temptative dates are march 19 and 20

Tasks for Friday 27

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:39:31 +0100

Check the notion of Public goods and Merit Goods and labor costs/labor productivity, check who John Nash and Elinor Ostrom were

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read the paper by Baumol and Bowen on performing arts and the cost disease and the short report by EFTEC on economic valuation of nature

lecture feb 26

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:02:08 +0100

we do start 530pm

Course 2026 Cultural economics

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:15:01 +0100

The course is structured on 14 lectures, each lecture is connected to a paper / reading and ppt files

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4 out of the 14 lectures are devoted to two students presentations in class, option to pass the exam in alternative to usual written ones

Valaution: more than a good book

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:36:02 +0100

https://culturaleconomics.org/more-than-a-good-book-contingent-valuation-of-public-library-services-in-england/

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we ll address CVM stuff, this is an anticipation I mentioned

ACEI culturaleconomics.org/

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:54:23 +0100

https://culturaleconomics.org/

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A site to get inspirations

First Lecture 2025

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:54:00 +0100

The first is on Februray 2025, 13th

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you can have a look at those publications

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https://www.routledge.com/Cultures-of-Sustainability-and-Wellbeing-Theories-Histories-and-Policies/Spinozzi-Mazzanti/p/book/9780367271190?srsltid=AfmBOopHuuCgIVBKdO1QqIKJMEcFdK75Iwm8chARgMlkHmheyz_8cxX1

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journal article On the Performing Arts: The Anatomy of Their Economic Problems

W. J. Baumol and W. G. Bowen

The American Economic Review Vol. 55, No. 1/2 (Mar. 1, 1965) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/i331503], pp. 495-502 (8 pages)

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https://valuing-nature.net/demystifying-economic-valuation-paper

UNDP HDI site

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 13:11:12 +0100

explore the UNDP site and the HDI reports

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https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/human-development-index#/indicies/HDI

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