Italian Abstract: Il lavoro fornisce un contributo di ordine metodologico alla misura dell’adeguatezza delle infrastrutture presenti in una data area. Rispetto ad altre analisi basate su indicatori fisici o di spesa pubblica – che offrono una visione unidimensionale, talvolta fuorviante,...

Italian Abstract: La commistione tra indefiniti obblighi di servizio pubblico e obiettivi commerciali in capo ad un’unica emittente da un lato riduce gli stimoli all’efficienza di gestione, aumentando i costi di produzione del servizio pubblico, e dall’altro, ingessando l’assetto del...

The paper summarizes the framework used in a research project on local public services carried out by Bank of Italy researchers. It discusses motivations, characteristics, results and general lessons of the project, whose sector-specific results are detailed in individual papers. The project was...

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...

The release of the World Health Report 2000 has brought to the fore the concept of responsiveness as an indicator of health system performance. Responsiveness relates to a system's ability to respond to the legitimate expectations of potential users about non-health enhancing aspects of care...

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The release of the World Health Report 2000 has brought to the fore the concept of re sponsiveness as an indicat or of health system performance . Responsiveness relat es to a system’s ability to respond to the legitimate expectations of potential users about non - health enhancing aspects of...

The model studies the role of reputation in contracts between providers and purchasers of health care services. The economic literature has examined the case when the demand for health services depends on the quality offered, but because of information asymmetry, we assume that quality is not...