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    Le cause strutturali del “caro energia”: la competizione negli approvvigionamenti ed il ruolo dell’LNG

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    This paper aims to give an overview of the causes that have led to the significant increase in gas prices, especially in latest months. After a summary of the factors that justify a “structural” nature of this energy crisis, rather than circumstantial, a particular focus is made on the role of LNG in the current scenario, thus contributing to the “infra-gas competition” between countries. The final part of the paper will put an emphasis on the need to strengthen investments in the upstream supply chain

    Macroeconomic factors influencing public policy strategies for blue and green hydrogen

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    The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors affecting hydrogen and Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies (“CCS”) policies, taking into consideration Fossil Fuel Consumption, Oil Reserves, the Debt/GDP Ratio, the Trilemma Index and other variables with respect to OECD countries. STATA 17 was used for the analysis. The results confirm the hypothesis that countries with high fossil fuel consumption and oil reserves are investing in blue hydrogen and CCS towards a “zero-carbon-emission” perspective. Moreover, countries with a good Debt/GDP ratio act most favorably to green policies by raising their Public Debt, because Foreign Direct Investments are negatively correlated with those kinds of policies. Future research should exploit Green Finance policy decision criteria on green and blue hydrogen

    Cost Structure and efficiency of Local Public Transport: the case of Emilia-Romagna bus companies

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    This paper presents evidence for scale inefficiency and overall cost inefficiency for 40 regional bus companies in a region of North-Italy. A translog cost function for a file-year panel is estimated and measures of economies of scale and density are derived. The estiamtion results allow for a discussion of inefficiency in terms of sub-optimal scale and density. Overall cost inefficiency is estimated by means of a frontie cost funcion. The findings are discussed in the Italian political and regulatory context

    Le aste e i servizi pubblici locali

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    la prima parte di questo lavoro presenta le principali problematiche relative all'organizzazione delle aste pubbliche nel contesto dei servizi pubblici locali. Nella seconda parte viene avanzata una proposta applicativa di meccanismo d'asta
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