This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of social capital by investigating how the quality of local services influences individual's generalized trust and trust in local government. Using data from the Italian National Statistic Office survey “Aspetti della vita...

Using different econometric specifications this paper analyzes the relationship between the time parents spend with their children, child-related expenditure and the results obtained by them, with particular attention to gender differences. The authors use PSID-CDS data from 1997 to 2007 and...

Italian Abstract: L’emergenza Covid-19 ha interessato i Comuni del Mezzogiorno in una fase caratterizzata da condizioni di bilancio critiche, soprattutto per gli enti di maggiori dimensioni.Le municipalità meridionali sono caratterizzate da un lato da una forte dipendenza dai trasferimenti...

We document that Italian public administrations systematically overestimate capital expenditures, and that the introduction of a cap on this spending item improves the accuracy of their plans. Our analysis relies on a unique dataset including budgetary figures (both planned and realized) for all...

This paper provides an ex-post evaluation of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games by means of a synthetic control approach on a number of potential outcomes for an event of such magnitude. We find a positive impact on tourism and the ratio between prices in the centre and in the outskirts of the...