In this paper, we model socially-embedded games. We use non-cooperative game forms with pure strategy Nash equilibria and embed them through framing structures. These frames alter how players perceive the game, or rule out the choice of some elements of players’ option sets. In this way, we...

The seminal research work by Kaheman and Tversky proved that framing effects can widely influence choice behavior. This finding has led to a new field of economic research to explain how individuals internalize referential structures, context conditions and social norms of behavior in choice...

Feminist studies have developed several tools to assess the gender impact of public policy and of budgets in particular. In this paper we introduce an innovative approach to the gender auditing of public budgets inspired by the capability approach. First, we expand the scope of the assessment of...

<i> Il problema dell'acqua: privatizzazione e sostenibilità </i> (di Flavio Delbono, Diego Lanzi) - ABSTRACT: The Water Problem is a worldwide crucial policy issue for local and national governments. As several international experiences have largely testified, water's strategic role in economic and...

<i> Regolamentazione dell’accesso nei settori a rete: la tariffazione delle essential facilitiesin Italia </i> (di Matteo Carassiti eDiego Lanzi) - ABSTRACT: In this essay we analyse how Italian regulatory bodies have applied in network industries economic theory insights about access conditions to...

<i> Intranet, comunicazione culturale e politica industriale </i> (di Diego Lanzi) - ABSTRACT: Organizing an Intranet for cultural communication firms can improve their performances sharing among them services’ cost, inducing joint projects and innovations. Hence an industrial policy, aimed to induce...

On-line content delivery and vertical alliances between conduit and content providers are nowadays crucial issues in on-line content markets. In this paper, we discuss and compare two types of model for on-line content delivery: push and pull. We assume non-zero marginal cost for network...

<em>Gender Auditing e Approccio delle Capacità: Teoria e Metodologia</em> - In this paper we propose a model of Gender Auditing (GA) inspired by Amartya Sen’s capability approach. The methodological and normative assumptions and features of the model are outlined in order to list the relevant...