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State Protection, Interest Groups and Government Spending in Italy, 1876-1913
No full textIn the last two decades of the XIX century the Italian model of economic growth shifted from agricultural to industrial. Historians maintain that this process was affected by the action of some interest groups that pursued both state protection from competition and specific public expenditure programs. Starting from the economic literature of interest groups, this paper attempts to empirically investigate the role of the interest groups in public expenditure decisions in Italy from 1876 to 1913. The analysis suggests that government spending was sensitive to the preferences of heavy industry rather then those of textile and cereal cultivators
Government Spending and Coalition Parties in Italy (1960-1993): A Cointegration-Based Approach
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How long does it take for government decentralization to affect corruption?
No full textAre countries with more decentralized fiscal and spending powers charac- 1
2 terized by a lower level of corruption? Do changes in the degree of decentralization
3 of such powers affect the level of corruption? If so, with which delay? This paper
4 innovates on the previous literature, which relies mainly on cross sections of coun5
tries, by analyzing a pool of 24 countries for the time interval 1995–2007. The answer
6 to both questions is positive and the estimated average delay is 3 years. The results
7 appear robust to changes of the estimation techniques, of the indicators of corruption,
8 of decentralization and of a variety of controlling factor
Do green parties affect local waste management policies?
Full text linkWe explore whether mayors supported by pro-environmental parties enhance local environmental outcomes compared to their non-environmental counterparts. We study close elections within a
regression discontinuity design and find a notable rise in recycling rates in Italian municipalities governed by pro-environmental coalitions. This uptick becomes far less pronounced when adopting broader criteria to define green mayoral candidates. Crucially, the enhanced recycling rates are not realized through augmented budgets for environmental initiatives or waste collection, but rather are primarily attributed to the implementation of local policies, such as on-call waste collection and the establishment of waste collection centers
The Determinants of Judicial Independence: Evidence from the Italian Constitutional Court (1956-2002)
No full textDoes Social Capital Affect Voter Turnout? Evidence from Italy
Full text linkIn this paper we develop a new composite indicator, named Social Catalyst, able to account for the complex and multifaceted nature of the social capital in a unitary measure. We use our indicator, as well as its components, to explore the relation between social capital and electoral participation in the parliamentary elections in Italy from 1994 to 2008, addressing the potential endogeneity bias. Our findings show that (i) the Social Catalyst positively and significantly affects voter turnout in both Chambers; (ii) among the different dimensions of social capital, social norms and associational networks play a prominent role in the Italian regional context
Do green parties affect local waste management policies?
Full text linkWe explore whether mayors supported by pro-environmental parties enhance local environmental outcomes compared to their non-environmental counterparts. We study close elections within a regression discontinuity design and find a notable rise in recycling rates in Italian municipalities governed by pro-environmental coalitions. This uptick becomes far less pronounced when adopting broader criteria to define green mayoral candidates. Crucially, the enhanced recycling rates are not realized through augmented budgets for environmental initiatives or waste collection, but rather are primarily attributed to the implementation of local policies, such as on-call waste collection and the establishment of waste collection centers
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