It is often argued that engaging in indoor residual spraying in areas with high coverage of mosquito bed nets may discourage net ownership and use. This is just a case of a public program having perverse incentives. This paper analyzes new data from a randomized control trial conducted in...

This paper studies the effects of differences in local administrative burdens in Italy in the years 2005-2007 preceding a major reform that sped up firm registration procedures. Combining regulatory data from a survey on Italian provinces before the reform (costs and time to start a business)...

In questo lavoro si esaminano le interdipendenze economiche tra le diverse aree geografiche del Paese, nel periodo 1995-2006, attraverso un modello di Input- Output multiregionale. I risultati mettono in luce che la domanda di beni rivolta al Mezzogiorno produce solo in parte effetti...