We use data for all Italian municipalities from 2001-2007 to empirically test the extent to which two different electoral rules, which hold for small and large municipalities, affect fiscal policy decisions at local level. Municipalities with fewer than 15,000 inhabitants elect their mayors in...

We setup a model in which the residents of two neighboring municipalities can use the services provided by public infrastructures located in both jurisdictions. If services are either complements or substitutes in use, the municipalities strategically interact when investing in infrastructures;...

In questo contributo si discute come il saldo utile per individuare l’obiettivo del patto di stabilità interno, calcolato utilizzando la contabilità euro-compatibile, possa portare ad una ripartizione dell’indebitamento consolidato della PA molto diversa da quella che si avrebbe...