recent Bank of Italy survey. There are still substantial differences across Italy's regions, and the level of efficiency is …

The paper summarizes the framework used in a research project on local public services carried out by Bank of Italy … set of horizontal studies (on the evolution of regulation, the spread of project financing, the growth of some large …

, benefiting the implementation of infrastructure projects. In Italy, project financing is still much more limited than in such …

Insufficient competition remains a major obstacle to growth in Italy. The main culprits include the institutional …, regulation was satisfactory only in some sectors. The excessive number of activities in which some operators enjoyed exclusive … rights to provide services and restrictive regulation hindered competition in professional services. Growing awareness of the …

attracting increased attention to the expected costs and benefits of such regulation; measures undertaken in response to the … at the Bank of Italy, proving to be a useful tool not only to refine the rules being adopted, but also to strengthen the …

We estimate the effects of a simplification in the bureaucratic regulation for doing business on firm demographics in … Italy, where a 2011 legislation reform required all municipalities to institute a one-stop shop for doing business. We use …

risk), less complex rules could be given greater consideration. Rebalancing regulation towards simplicity may produce … in regulation. To this end, the paper proposes some options affecting the content of the rules, the regulatory policy mix …

Bank of Italy website; in the future the series will be updated monthly and will remain available on the statistical …