Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Carlo Buratti Title: La finanza delle province dopo la riforma costituzionale Abstract: La finanza delle province dopo la riforma costituzionale ( di Carlo Buratti) - ABSTRACT: The paper deals with problems of application of the constitutional reform of early 2001, which gave to Italy a federal structure. It investigates on the increased scope of local taxation and on limits and contents of the coordination powers entitled to Regions and the State. Furthermore, it tackles the problem of equalization of fiscal capacity and suggests an appropriation formula for the residual State grants. Focus is on Provinces, but most of the arguments apply as well to Municipalities. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/3 Year: 2003 Issue:3 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=19951&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:epepep:v:html10.3280/Ep2003-003001 Number: 1 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Valeria Losco Title: La riforma dei servizi pubblici locali secondo l'art. 35 della Legge finanziaria 2002 Abstract: La riforma dei servizi pubblici locali secondo l'art. 35 della Legge finanziaria 2002 (di Valeria Losco) - ABSTRACT:The Budget Law of 2002 has completed the local public services reform that Parliament has been working on for some years. While waiting to ascertain the shape that such a breakthrough will assume from an applicative standpoint and the juridical developments that shall follow the filing of an infringement procedure issued by the European Commission against the Italian Government, this article deals with the main features of the new discipline and tries to shed light on some of the interpretative issues. The contribution ends with a number of considerations concerning the possible constitutional illegitimacy of article 35 of Law 448/2001 and the fact that this could prompt the Constitutional Court to declare the entire law unconstitutional. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/3 Year: 2003 Issue:3 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=19952&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:epepep:v:html10.3280/Ep2003-003002 Number: 2 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Giorgio Prodi Title: Lo sviluppo delle reti a banda larga: prime valutazioni Abstract: Lo sviluppo delle reti a banda larga: prime valutazioni (di Giorgio Prodi) - ABSTRACT:In this essay we analyse the development of broadband networks and services in Italy. We investigate if the current status of technologies, firms, market structures, and regulation guarantee an efficient environment for the growth of the Italian industrial system. We emphasize the presence of monopoly and competition elements. Regulation and positive industrial policies are essential for the development of broadband networks and services. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/3 Year: 2003 Issue:3 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=19953&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:epepep:v:html10.3280/Ep2003-003003 Number: 3 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Guido Citoni Title: I soldi seguono un paziente sconosciuto Abstract: I soldi seguono un paziente sconosciuto (di Guido Citoni) - ABSTRACT: This paper deals with a new method of paying doctors, based on ?satisfaction? of patients. Among the methods currently used, no one, up to now, seems apt to give ?voice? to the patient, being rather based on the idea of ?exit? if not satisfied. This is because the methods based on capitation, salary, fees, budget, and so on can not take account of the success of the therapy; the payment, in fact, is either independent from limited cases of low quality visits (dealing with average quality) as in the case of capitation, salary and budget or could be too sensitive (fees) as the patient has the incentive to misreport the health gains, in order to be exempted from the payment of fees (this case applies when the patient has already decided to change the doctor) or, again, the patient can misreport the poor quality if he pays by fees but fears a negative reaction by his doctor and he still wants to be his client. Our thesis, shown by a simple model, is that we can devise a method that can induce a correct revelation of patient?s satisfaction. This could help in such cases when the dissatisfaction is ?mild?, and the patient do not want to use the option of ?exit?. The paper, moreover, tries to estimate the likely financial and distributional impact of our proposal for Italy. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/3 Year: 2003 Issue:3 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=19954&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:epepep:v:html10.3280/Ep2003-003004 Number: 4 Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marco Ponti Title: Le tariffe dei trasporti pubblici e i sussidi Abstract: Le tariffe dei trasporti pubblici e i sussidi (di Marco Ponti) - ABSTRACT: The issue of the ?correct? level of the tariffs for public transport (and of the corresponding ?correct? level of subsidies) has been ignored in Italy, even if the actual level of the tariffs is the lowest in Europe. Being this mainly a political decision, the economic analysis can only provide some factual background, related to opportunity costs, alternative measures expected impacts, distributive effects, environmental effects etc. In particular, the paper deals with possible regressive income distribution impacts of the combined high fuel taxes for car users and high subsidies for transit riders in metropolitan areas, and with the ?capture? mechanism that seems implicit in the absence of any social impact survey at any administrative level. Eventually, an alternative approach is suggested for some extra-urban services: subsidies aimed only at specific ?targeted? social groups, with a substantial liberalization process on the supply side. But the main recommendation remains focused on the need of a public and transparent debate on this issue, given its political content. Classification-JEL: Keywords: Note: Pages: Volume: 2003/3 Year: 2003 Issue:3 File-URL:http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Rivista.aspx?IDArticolo=19955&Tipo=Articolo PDF File-Format: text/HTML Handle: RePEc:fan:epepep:v:html10.3280/Ep2003-003005 Number: 5