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Infrastructure and project financing in Italy: the (possible) role of the regulation
Giorgiantonio, Cristina; Giovanniello, Valentina - Banca d'Italia - 2009
, benefiting the implementation of infrastructure projects. In Italy, project financing is still much more limited than in such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472088
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Taxi and limousine services after the Bersani reform: an investigation on main Italian cities
Bentivogli, Chiara - Banca d'Italia - 2008
Using data from a Bank of Italy survey, this paper analyzes the Italian taxi market and its recent changes. Local regulations are rather homogeneous, while there is a widespread disproportion, within municipal advisory committees, between the number of representatives of taxi drivers and that of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005467322
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Service regulation and growth: evidence from OECD countries
Barone, Guglielmo; Cingano, Federico - Banca d'Italia - 2008
We study the effects of anti-competitive service regulation by examining whether OECD countries with less anti …-competitive regulation see a better economic performance of manufacturing industries using less-regulated services more intensively. Our … results indicate that lower service regulation translates into faster value added, productivity, and export growth of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113605
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Water services in Italy: implementation of the reform and efficiency of providers
Benvenuti, Michele; Gennari, Elena - Banca d'Italia - 2008
The paper investigates the organization of the Italian water sector in the light of the reforms of public utilities. The aim is to examine the degree of implementation of the water sector reform (the so-called Galli Law of 1994) and assess the performance of operators through a study of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113689
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The awarding of public works in Italy: an analysis of the mechanisms for the selection of contractors
Decarolis, Francesco; Giorgiantonio, Cristina; … - Banca d'Italia - 2010
Despite successive reforms, public procurement in Italy is still highly fragmented and vulnerable to collusion, corruption and ex-post renegotiation. Other defects are found in the planning stages of the works. These problems are due in part to the regulations on the awarding of public works...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764021
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Struttura dell�offerta e divari territoriali nella filiera dell�information and communication technologies in Italia
Iuzzolino, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2001
This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the size and the industrial and geographic distribution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector in Italy. The discussion is organized into two sections. The first, based on OECD list of countries in "ICT Intensity Groups", show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005113566
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On the optimal size of local jurisdictions: new evidence from Italian provinces
Barone, Guglielmo - Banca d'Italia - 2011
This paper examines the creation of some new provinces in Italy in the 1990s to assess whether the reduction in the size of the local jurisdiction led to benefits in terms of local development, human capital and road quality, which are three public goods provided by the Italian provinces in...
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