Antonelli, Maria Alessandra; Grembi, Veronica - Istituto di Economia e Finanza, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza - 2014
In a decentralized setting, are policy targets imposed by the central government on local elected officials effective? And when? We address these questions in Italy, where the central government has set a target for childcare coverage at the municipal level for Southern regions since 2007. We...