In this work I provide a summary view of the statistical information available on public works in Italy since its unification. Emphasis is placed on the regional disaggregation of the data. For the years after 1927 there exist regionally disaggregated data, while for the previous years I develop...

This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the long- and short-run correlations among saving, investment, and growth rates for 123 countries over the period 1961-94. Three results are robust across data sets and estimation methods: i) lagges saving rates are positively related to investment...

This paper analyzes the political determinants of the distribution of infrastructure expenditures by the Italian government to the country’s 92 provinces between 1953 and 1994. Extending implications of theories of legislative behavior to the context of open-list proportional representation,...