The literature on waste recycling neglects the potential effects that this process can have at the aggregate level, although there are positive externalities which have not emerged in the microeconomic analysis of this phenomenon. This paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of the waste...

This paper analyses the effects of two recent reforms introduced in Italy since 2010 in an attempt to reduce prison overcrowding. The first, introduced by the law no. 199 of 2010 on home detention for prisoners with final conviction. The second, passed by the decree law no. 211 of 2011 on home...

This paper investigates econometrically the relationship between corruption and legislative complexity, and their impact on growth rate, welfare and distribution of the per capita income. We perform econometric analysis using new indicators and index of legislative complexity, built in a way...