The ratification process of the constitutional treaty of the European Union needs to be started from a local level. The collected studies and statements of this paper have been presented in February 2005 and focus the different pro and contras, the opportunities and risks of the treaty in the...

The crisis of the 'chaise vide' (empty chair), July 1965-January 1966, represented the greatest danger of break-up for the EEC. Its fundamental cause was the collision between two opposite ideas about the process of European integration: the view of intergovernmental, confederal cooperation, as...

Italian Abstract: Con la riforma del Titolo V della Costituzione del 2001 è stata realizzata una profonda revisione dell'assetto costituzionale secondo un orientamento federalista, che ha determinato – tra le altre cose – un ampio trasferimento di competenze legislative alle Regioni. Il...

Italian Abstract: Anthony Atkinson è spesso considerato il padre della moderna ricerca sulla disuguaglianza. Ha dedicato la sua carriera accademica allo sviluppo di strumenti metodologici e proposte politiche con l'obiettivo di aumentare il benessere delle persone. In questo necrologio si...

In this paper we investigate the interactions among fiscal decentralization, income inequality and regional disparities, using a sample of 23 OECD countries over the period 1971-2000. We first explore the effects of fiscal decentralization on overall income inequality. We then test whether...

In a paper prepared as part of the 1992 draft Formez-Istat "The regional distribution of state expenditures: determinants, impact, equity and efficiency," the author had used the data, made available only for 1985 and 1986, in order to understand the determinants and the logic of the...

Il decreto legislativo 68/2011 su costi e fabbisogni standard in sanità introduce, rispetto al sistema di riparto fra le regioni delle risorse destinate ai livelli essenziali di assistenza in vigore dagli anni novanta, due innovazioni: il depotenziamento della ponderazione della quota capitaria...

Understanding how the 2001 amendment of Title V of the Constitution, in particular Article 119, will impact on the fiscal autonomy of the ordinary statute regions requires looking at: the dynamics of regional fiscal autonomy over the period up until when the 1948 Constitution was revised; the...

In the first part of the paper we present and discuss the new legislation, on both local taxes and the Internal Stability Pact, enacted in Italy between September 2006 and December 2007. The most important aspects concern: the “thawing” of the income surtax levied by local government; the...

The world of agriculture which is defined as primary sector is almost unknown to most of the citizens and consumers and to all the scientists who are involved in social sciences. However agriculture provides interesting research questions to analyse in many multidisciplinary fields. Our study is...