to what a traditional rational optimizing agent would choose. This model is a first step to understand decision-making in …

extent to which their subordinate bureaucrats have real decision-making power. We show that the lower is the level of …

When Vietnam entered WTO in 2007 it was granted an accession period up to 2014. During this period tariffs would have … Vietnam has many state-owned enterprises that do not behave in a profit maximizing way. The model simulations show that the … of income will take place among the poor rural households in Vietnam. We propose other tariff reforms that both raise …

empirical and considers the case of Italy, one of the world’s largest debt issuer. We study the potential effects on the …

It is estimated that only 5% of musicians in Italy are regularly employed. In an attempt at understanding such a … musicians and discourages talented agents from becoming full-time musicians in all second-best economies. In Italy both …

We study the empirical relationship between labor taxation and pretax wages in Italy. We find that higher tax …

) inflows into Italy. The incidence of crime has been calculated considering the number of complaints for different crimes. The …

This paper describes the privatization program in Italy during the 1990s and puts that policy in the context of …. The wave of state divestitures reached Italy later than other OECD countries. A deep-rooted tradition of state …