This article examines two redistributive policies: Negative Income Tax and Universal Basic Income. Its aim is to show that, although the two achieve the same distributive outcome through an appropriate tax-benefit system, they are fundamentally different from economic and ethical points of view....

This paper aims at discussing the main features of Spain’s tax system, its recent reforms and those underway. The current state of the main taxes, their future reforms are studied starting from 1975, when Spain shifted to democracy. Direct taxes, indirect taxes and social security...

As many industrialized countries, in recent years Italy reformed its fiscal system. In particular, during the period 2002-2005, two reforms deeply modified the Personal Income Tax (PIT) structure. This paper analyses the main redistributive and on disposable income effects due to the reforms of...

Introduzione. – 1. La dimensione ottimale del Pro Tour: sono troppe 20 squadre? – 2. La scelta della «lega chiusa»– 3. Il Pro Tour come oligopolio: effetti sull’efficienza – 4. Disutilità nell’impegno e differenziazione – 5. Una verifica empirica – 6. Un sistema di...

Introduzione – 1. L’economia dell’informazione – 2. Signaling e ciclismo professionistico – 3. La classifica UCI: impostazione ed effetti – 4. Il passaggio al Pro-Tour – Conclusioni

This paper aims at discussing the main features of Spain’s tax system, its recent reforms and those underway. The current state of the main taxes, their future reforms are studied starting from 1975, when Spain shifted to democracy. Direct taxes, indirect taxes and social security...

This paper analyzes the changes induced by the newly introduced UCI Pro Tour on the behavior of racing teams. We develop an oligopolistic model starting from the well-known Cournot framework to analyze why the UCI Pro Tour fails to reach its primary aim, namely to increase overall competition...

Housing public policies take the form of selective programs. Hence, accesso to the program and computation of the rents are regulated by a means test. Selectivity should be set ensuring the respect of vertical and horizontal equity trough the beneficiaries. This research analyses the system of...

<em>Dividendo Sociale e Imposta Negativa: due diversi modi di intepretare la redistribuzione</em> - This article examines two redistributive programs: Negative Income Tax and Universal Basic Income. Its aim is to show that, even if the two programs through the implementation of an appropriate tax-benefit...