Marta Marson

A crooked ‘smile curve’? Reassessing the relationship between foreign direct investment and development

Luca Bortolotti, Marta Marson, Donatella Saccone

In the last decades, non-OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) low- and middle-income countries increased their participation in global value chains (GVCs) by attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). According to the ‘smile curve’ hypothesis, most value adding functions along the GVCs …

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International Food Prices, Poverty and Hunger

Marta Marson, Donatella Saccone

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Effects of public expenditure for agriculture on food security in Africa

Marta Marson

Abstract The commitments of Malabo provide for African countries to devote at least ten percent of their public expenditure to agriculture, with the aim of ending hunger by 2025, in line with the Agenda 2063. While evidence on welfare effects of public …

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The effect of food price upsurges on income inequality: The richest win and the poorest lose

Marta Marson, Donatella Saccone

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Food and the forest: A spatial analysis on the nexus between foreign direct investment and deforestation

Luca Bortolotti, Marta Marson, Donatella Saccone

This study examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on deforestation in non-OECD countries, in consideration of the potential trade-offs between economic objectives and environmental concerns and the pollution haven hypothesis. The study applies a multilevel fixed effects estimator to an …

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Real world clinical outcomes from targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT-IORT) during lumpectomy for breast cancer: data from a large cohort at a national cancer institute

Lorenzo Vinante, Jayant S. Vaidya, Angela Caroli, Mario Mileto et autres

Introduction: Randomised evidence supports the use of partial breast irradiation (PBI) with targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT-IORT) for early stage breast cancer, but prospective data from real-world adoption of this technique is also important. The aim of this study was to determine if …

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Does food import contribute to rising obesity in low‐ and middle‐income countries?

Marta Marson, Donatella Saccone, Elena Vallino

Abstract Several studies show a positive association between the rise of obesity in developing countries and globalization, trade, and food trade, but most do not account for reverse causality between the prevalence of obesity and trade flows. Moreover, most studies adopt broad …

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Fed with import and starved by war: Estimating the consequences of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on cereals trade and global hunger

Marta Marson, Donatella Saccone

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Free to die: Economic freedoms and influenza mortality

Marta Marson, Matteo Migheli, Donatella Saccone

Seasonal influenzas are annually responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide, often because of insufficient care, which may depend on orientations of economic policy. Yet, the empirical evidence on the relations existing between policies based on different degrees of economic liberalism …

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Results from a large single institute experience of targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT-IORT) as partial breast irradiation modality

Lorenzo Vinante, J. Vaidya, C. Angela, M. Mileto et autres

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Radiation recall dermatitis induced by COVID-19 vaccination in breast cancer patients treated with postoperative radiation therapy

Lorenzo Vinante, Angela Caroli, Alberto Revelant, F. Bertini et autres

BACKGROUND: and purpose: Radiation recall dermatitis is an adverse event predominantly due to systemic therapy administration after a previous radiation therapy course. Few case reports describe radiation recall dermatitis in breast cancer patients treated with postoperative radiation therapy following COVID-19 vaccination. In …

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Total trade, cereals trade and undernourishment: new empirical evidence for developing countries

Marta Marson, Donatella Saccone, Elena Vallino

Abstract While trade policies are considered strategic to shape national food systems and promote food security, the ultimate impact of trade openness on hunger is still highly debated. Using a sample of 81 developing over the period 2001–2016 and principally focusing on …

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