This paper analyses the decision to invest in quality by a hospital in an environment where doctors are devoted workers, i.e. they care for specific aspects of the output they produce. We assume that quality is the result of both an investment in new technology and the effort of the medical...

In this paper we present a model of tax compliance with heterogeneous agents who maximize their individual utility based on income and the conjectured level of per capita public expenditure. We formally include psychological drivers in this model. These drivers affect individual behavior, such...

<i> L’efficienza dei dipartimenti dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia viaDEAe DFA </i> (di Dino Rizzi) - ABSTRACT: This paper presents an analysis of the efficiency of the University of Venice academic departments. The production of research and teaching is described by two interpretative...

<i> Una valutazione della capacità di erogazione delle fondazioni bancarie del nord-est </i> (di Stefania Funari e Dino Rizzi) - ABSTRACT:In this paper we analyse the performance of some banking foundations situated in the North-Eastern area of Italy. The performance is defined as the ability of a...

This paper uses the Survey of Health, Ageing and Wealth (SHAW) to study the relationship between health status and economic welfare at individual level. We develop a model to estimate the welfare cost of ill-health: the terminology and the intuition go along the lines of the equivalence scale...