The relationship between government size and economic growth has been widely debated. Departing from this issue, we provide an empirical analysis of the impact of government size on technical efficiency. The aim of this paper is to estimate by using a True Random Effect model the impact of...

The successful development of the welfare state that transpired for three decades after WWII in the developed countries, came to a halt around the end of the 1980s. Since then, the number of articles and books dedicated to the crisis of the welfare state has increased. We can now assert that at...

The separation of powers and responsibilities has evolved over time in Italy given that political ideals have been pushing towards a greater decentralization for the last twenty years. Under environmental federalism issues, an interesting case of study - capable of being empirically treated - is...

1. On the disappearance of the culture of the state from economics and the decline of the political-economic culture of the west / Laura Castellucci and Stefano Gorini -- 2. The failures of collective action : a formal game-theoretic revisitation of the Olson theory / Berardino Cesi and Stefano...