Editors
Paolo Giudici
Department of Economics and Management
University of Pavia
Pavia
Italy
Maurizio Vichi
Department of Statistics
University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Rome
Italy
Salvatore Ingrassia
Department of Economics and Business
University of Catania
Catania
Italy
ISSN 1431-8814
ISBN 978-3-319-00031-2 ISBN 978-3-319-00032-9 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-00032-9
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