evidence provided by the experience with economic regulation in the gas, electricity, and railways industries in Italy. On the …The global experience with economic regulation shows that many industries which are subjected to economic regulation …

OECD's 2001 review of regulatory reform in Italy. It finds that starting later than many countries, Italy devoted the … changes in favour of transparency, public sector efficiency, and market competition. By 1999, Italy’s privatisation programme … was among the largest in the OECD. Reform of Italy’s regulatory state is a formidable task, but early results, such as …

Insufficient competition remains a major obstacle to growth in Italy. The main culprits include the institutional …, regulation was satisfactory only in some sectors. The excessive number of activities in which some operators enjoyed exclusive … rights to provide services and restrictive regulation hindered competition in professional services. Growing awareness of the …

Italy. While existing explanations of increased powers and discretion for elected politicians to block or shape overseas …