This paper reviews the main macroeconomic trends and the debate on policy priorities in Italy since the end of the … Nineties. In the decade up to the outbreak of the global crisis (1998-2007), in Italy the reform process came to a virtual … factors masked the difficulties of the productive system. Had Italy been better positioned in terms of public finances and …

In this paper we describe an analytical framework to assess financial stability risks in the Italian economy. We use a … large number of indicators, selected to take into account the peculiarities of the Italian economy, to monitor risks in …

This paper reviews the main literature and evidence on the relevance of fiscal dominance in Italy in the last part of …

Productivity is the main factor holding back long-term economic growth in Italy. Since the second half of the 1990s …. Understanding the reasons for such a performance and finding the most effective policy levers is crucial to increase Italy …

The fall in employment and the increase in unemployment rates in Italy in 2009 were fairly modest, given the sharp drop … drop in participation in the South (the discouragement effect). The results of the Bank of Italy's Survey of Industrial and …

of interest. Secondly, we assess the governance of closed and open pension funds in Italy by analyzing their bylaws and …

In this paper we focus on tenant rents in Italy and compare results from several methods for the rent dynamic …

The paper analyzes developments in bank lending in Italy during the financial crisis, assessing the relative …