Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective

Book Overview

Pressure on Bank of Italy: Evidence Using a Taylor Rule.- A Simulative Assessment of the Italian Electoral System.- Did the Italian Public Finances Converge to European Standards after the EMU?.- Are The Income Policy Agreements Of 1992-93 In Italy Still Valid?Towards A Theory For The Optimal Design Of The "Social Pact"In The European Monetary Union.- Laws and Legislature Size in Italian Regions: Which Will Be the Effect of an Increase in the Number of Legislators?.- Setting House Taxes by Italian Municipalities: What the Data Say.- How Do Institutions Shape Policy Making? The Transition from Parliamentarism to Presidentialism in Iitalian Local Governments.- Thirty Years of Reforms to Budget Rules in Italy: An Econometric Evaluation.- The "Demand for Justice" in Italy: Civil Litigation and the Judicial System.- The creation of Independent Authorities in Italy.- The Regional Organization of Hospital Care in Italy: The Effects of Asymmetry of Information and Soft Budget Constraint Rules.- The Channeled Italian Voters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441924663
• ISBN13: 9781441924667
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"