La valutazione economica delle risorse naturali fornisce al decisore pubblico una base informativa ampia e condivisibile, in grado di orientarne effetivamente la decisione. Essa quindi può favorire il raggiungimento degli obiettivi di miglioramento e di integrazione ambientale che gli indirizzi...

Italian Abstract: La crescente importanza attribuita al tema del cambiamento climatico e del riscaldamento globale ha fatto sì che l’attenzione dell’intero pianeta si concentrasse sul controverso tema dell’energia, prima circoscritto ad un ruolo di secondo piano. Gli organismi e i gruppi...

Italian Abstract: Dal punto di vista storico, le sovvenzioni statali vennero introdotte e diventarono prassi comune durante i Secoli XVI e XVII, in concomitanza con l'affermarsi delle teorie mercantiliste, anche se tendenze analoghe si erano già presentate in epoche precedenti. Nel corso di...

The paper outlines the main current issues concerning Public Finance in Italy. It is divided in three parts. The first part discusses the overall budget policy. Italy is in need to support the recovery from economic crisis, however budget action is limited by European constraints. Different way...

The paper discusses the ecvolution of public budget situation in Italy since the year 2000 to day. Moreover, the paper focuses on a forecast at medium-term of public finance's equilibrium in Italy. The conclusion emerges that it will be very difficult to combine budget sustainability with the...

This contribution concerns the European monetary union and single currency, the eur. It addresses the issue of the Stability and Growth Pact and its recent reform by the European Council in March 2005. The debate on the reform of the Pact has focused on the contrast between rules and discretion,...

Notwithstanding the repeated efforts of the European Authorities to harmonize and coordinate countries’ taxation, and in spite of the effects of international tax competition, in 2009 EA taxation was still far from being homogeneous among Member Countries. Given this situation, the purpose of...

The demographic database of Eurostat and of Us Census of Bureau are explored and the main facts are extracted and described. This paper is completely self-standing but is also part of a more general analysis dedicated to the functioning and sustainability of pay-as-you-go to finance the welfare...

The circular interplay between demography-employment-productivity-PayGo is investigated for Europe and Us. Looking forward to the mid-long run, the paper offers simulations of the burden each effective worker and each active citizen will have to bear to finance via pay-as-you-go public health...

Mid-long term projections of the Stability Programs (SP) are elaborated to simulate the burden each active citizen or each worker will have to bear for financing, via pay-as-you-go, public health care provisions and public pensions. It is worth mentioning that projections in the (SP) are those...