Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Pressure on Bank of Italy: Evidence Using a Taylor Rule

   • Chiara Dalle Nogare, Matilde Vassalli

   Pages 1-20

3. Italian Institutional Reforms: A Public Choice Perspective

4. A Simulative Assessment of the Italian Electoral System

   • Guido Ortona, Stefania Ottone, Ferruccio Ponzano

   Pages 21-36

5. Did the Italian Public Finances Converge to European Standards after the EMU?

   • Emma Galli, Nadia Fiorino

   Pages 37-49

6. 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

   • Lilia Cavallari

   Pages 51-76

7. Laws and Legislature Size in Italian Regions: Which Will Be the Effect of an Increase in the Number of Legislators?

   • Nadia Fiorino, Roberto Ricciuti

   Pages 77-88

8. Setting House Taxes by Italian Municipalities: What the Data Say

   • Fabio Padovano

   Pages 89-115

9. How Do Institutions Shape Policy Making? The Transition from Parliamentarism to Presidentialism in Iitalian Local Governments

   • Barbara Veronese

   Pages 117-138

10. Thirty Years of Reforms to Budget Rules in Italy: An Econometric Evaluation

    • Fabio Padovano

    Pages 139-154

11. The “Demand for Justice” in Italy: Civil Litigation and the Judicial System

    • Ernesto L. Felli, David Andres Londoñ-Bedoya, Nazaria Solferino, Giovanni Tria

    Pages 155-177

12. The creation of Independent Authorities in Italy

    • Ilde Rizzo

    Pages 179-195

13. The Regional Organization of Hospital Care in Italy: The Effects of Asymmetry of Information and Soft Budget Constraint Rules

    • Rosella Levaggi

    Pages 197-219

14. The Channeled Italian Voters

    • Valentino Larcinese

    Pages 221-247

Using a public choice perspective, this book explains the evolution and political and economic impact of recent changes to the Italian institutional framework. Because these changes are so numerous and broad, their implementation serves as a case study for other Western governments. Particular attention is paid to the introduction of the EURO, the reform of voting from proportional to majoritarian rule, the impact of corporatism, constraints imposed by the Maastricht Treaty, and the switch from a highly centralized government to a federal organization.

• Governance
• Institutions
• Italy
• Political Economy
• Public Choice
• Reforms

• Università Roma Tre, Italy

  Fabio Padovano

• Università di Firenze, Italy

  Roberto Ricciuti

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