Governing the environment is a complex task. The actual governance structure is the result of various processes occurred in many years. A political economy approach should be adopted to investigate the role of fiscal tools when environmental policies take place in a multi-layered structure of...

In order to provide local public goods, municipalities can cooperate and exploit economies of scale and scope. We present an analytical model of the costs and benefits of two such forms of cooperation: Consortia and Unions. We find that the efficiency of these two forms of cooperation depends on...

Second generation theory of fiscal federalism do not consider two questions. 1) In small councils the relation between citizens and administrators is stronger than the one depicted in accountability models: in a small councils, citizens know directly and personally the administrators and they...

The EU Directive 2000/60/EC, also known as the “Framework directive in the field of water policy”, stresses the importance of water in human development processes and states that EU members should coordinate water policies towards a sustainable use of this resource; hence, water has a...

Il 2012 Š il primo anno di introduzione dell'IMU, la principale nuova imposta prevista dal D.L. 23/2011 sul federalismo municipale. In questo lavoro si cerca di valutare quanto la nuova imposta colga effettivamente l'obiettivo dichiarato del federalismo: aumentare l'autonomia fiscale e...

<i> Analisi delle relazioni fra la sostenibilità del ciclo dell'acqua e il sistema economico </i> (di Fabio Fiorillo, Antonio Palestrini, Paolo Polidori, Claudio Socci) - ABSTRACT: It is well known that the water cycle is going to assume a central role in the economic system because of its increasing...

<i> Impatto sul reddito disponibile di tariffe e imposte locali </i> (di Fabio Fiorillo, Emanuele Montesi) - ABSTRACT: Due to the Growth and Stability Pact, Local and Regional governments face an hard budget constraint, thus they have to levy taxes to finance their expenses. This paper measures the...

The paper deals with the impact of beauty on employability of people, stressing the first stage of the hiring process. In particular, we studied if there exists a preference for attractive candidates and if it does whether it depends on sex, physical features and racial characteristics. We...