), despite improvements in the former over the last 10 years. But Italy's position is the result of a combination of possibly …

information sources include two Bank of Italy surveys carried out in 2007 on local public water authorities and local water …

This paper discusses product market regulatory reforms in Italy over the past decade. Special attention is given to the …-oriented and less interventionist policies, has allowed Italy’s legal and institutional framework to come closer to the mainstream … of good regulatory practices in the OECD countries. With Italy having been initially a laggard on the regulatory reform …

, and Environment. In addition, we use a recent dataset on regional institutional quality in Italy. We present evidence that …

Italy, where a 2011 legislation reform required all municipalities to institute a one-stop shop for doing business. We use …