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The regulatory reforms in Italian local public services: an overview and some lessons for the future

Bianco, Magda; Sestito, Paolo - Banca d'Italia - 2008

set of horizontal studies (on the evolution of regulation, the spread of project financing, the growth of some large …

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Regulation and efficiency in Italian local public transport: the regional differences

Bentivogli, Chiara; Cullino, Roberto; Colle, Diana … - Banca d'Italia - 2008

This paper studies the effects on local public transport of the reform begun in the late nineties, using data from a recent Bank of Italy survey. There are still substantial differences across Italy’s regions, and the level of efficiency is far from the original aims of the reform. Although...

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The role of regulation on entry: evidence from the Italian provinces

Bripi, Francesco - Banca d'Italia - 2013

This paper studies the effects of differences in local administrative burdens in Italy in the years preceding a major reform that sped up firm registration procedures. Combining regulatory data from a survey on Italian provinces before the reform (costs and time to start a business) with...

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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...

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Prudential Regulation and Supervision Instruments and Aims: A General Framework

Giordano, Claire - Banca d'Italia - 2009

instruments that regulators can use in their activity of prudential regulation and supervision. Such a framework should be … regulation activity. It is an extension and a reorganization of White's (2009) categorization, which in turn is built on Mishkin … setting of prudential regulation. …

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The urban waste sector 11 years after the Ronchi decree

Chiades, Paolo; Torrini, Roberto - Banca d'Italia - 2008

quality have affected operating costs, which are higher on average in the South. Significant problems of economic regulation … integration with the collection phase hamper competition and make it desirable for there to be regulation of the terms and … perform this task, given the complexity of the underlying contracts. Assigning responsibility for the economic regulation of …

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Infrastructure and project financing in Italy: the (possible) role of the regulation

Giorgiantonio, Cristina; Giovanniello, Valentina - Banca d'Italia - 2009

There has been a significant increase in project financing in the public sector in Europe in the past decade, benefiting the implementation of infrastructure projects. In Italy, project financing is still much more limited than in such countries as Spain and the UK: the projects funded are...

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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...

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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 …

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Regulatory impact assessment at the Bank of Italy

Cannata, Francesco; Libertucci, Massimo; Piersante, … - Banca d'Italia - 2010

attracting increased attention to the expected costs and benefits of such regulation; measures undertaken in response to the …

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