This study focuses on the technical and economic efficiency achieved in two local public service sectors: pharmaceutical services and integrated waste services. In the first study we also took in account the social dimension of the service as the health corner, the CUP service (e.g. Useful to...

This is a short survey on consumption theory. Consumption is important to both fluctuation and growth. In addition, consumption introduces some important issues involving financial markets and portfolio decisions. We will describe consumption decisions in a dynamic context. Uncertainty about...

This work concerns the maximum flows – minimum cost problem and its main algorithmic solutions. Such a problem involves determining the least cost shipment of a commodity through a capacitated network in order to satisfy demands at certain vertices using supplies available at other vertices....

In questo lavoro si ricava la soluzione centralizzata del modello di Uzawa-Lucas in presenza di esternalità. Attraverso una trasformazione che utilizza il rapporto reddito/capitale fisico e il rapporto consumo/capitale fisico, si ottengono informazioni sulle caratteristiche della transizione,...

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...

Italian Abstract: Questa tesi tratta problemi di valutazione delle opzioni cosiddette "reali". La prima parte descrive le due tecniche di valutazione principali (contingent claims analysis e programmazione dinamica stocastica), la seconda parte si concentra sulle opzioni "comuni" (cioè,...

The problems of migrants, their economic condition, their needs to see some basic needs met, including the ability to work in a dignified manner, is discussed in my contribution placing at the centre of the discourse the question of values. The present contribution has sought to address the...

Relevant incoming immigration flows to Italy are novel for a country that has been source of emigrants for a long time. Immigrants are often discriminated against in housing, education, health and work. The perceptive aspect (how much immigrants actually feel discriminated) reveals the inner...

This paper addresses the issues of economic development and migration of the South Mediterranean countries and the impact that such issues have on European countries, trying to indicate the most appropriate policy. The present work discuss the issues of population and migration that affect the...