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Energy retrofitting of urban buildings: a socio-spatial analysis of three mid-sized Italian cities / Magnani, Natalia; Carrosio, Giovanni; Osti, Giorgio

Magnani, Natalia	Journal Article
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The current paper analyses the issue of energy retrofitting of buildings in Italian cities. In particular a mixed-method approach is used combining the socio-spatial analysis of data on the most relevant policy tool, namely tax deduction, together with qualitative analysis of three case studies of middle-sized cities. The results show that on the one hand tax deduction has not been very effective in promoting a deep renovation of buildings and it may exacerbate already existing inequalities. On the other hand, it emerges that progress in eco-retrofit of buildings depends mainly on creation of new intermediators and intermediation incentives. They are increasingly necessary in an urban panorama that has become inevitably polycentric.

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Italy ; Energy Retrofit ; Italian Cities ; Urban Energy Transition ; Intermediators ; Tax Deduction

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Regional spillover effects of renewable energy generation in It / Magnani, Natalia; Vaona, Andrea

Vaona, Andrea	Journal Article
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2013.

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In a multivariate setting, we document that renewable energy generation has a positive impact on economic growth at the regional level in Italy. We do so by adopting panel data unit-root and cointegration tests as well as Granger non-causality tests relying on the system GMM estimator. Our results are interpreted in three ways. Renewable energy generation alleviates balance-of-payments constraints and reduces the exposure of a regional economy to the volatility of the price of fossil fuels and to negative environmental and health externalities deriving from non-renewable energy generation. Therefore, our evidence supports policies promoting renewable energy generation. In an appendix we show that our results are robust to the adoption of alternative econometric methods and definitions for our energy variable. They are also stable over time.

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Economic Growth ; Renewable Energy Generation ; Panel Data Methods

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