The aim of this paper is to make a comparative assessment of the industry organization in a selected number of European countries and understand the regulatory implications of the shifting of boundaries between market and public service domain. Using an institutional economic approach, focused...

<i> L'evoluzione dell'offerta dei servizi pubblici locali in Europa </i> (di Barbara Antonioli, Giuseppe Bognetti) - ABSTRACT: The liberalization of public service’s market in Europe in now widely diffused. During the last years, the European Commission has adopted several directives aimed to...

<i> Le strategie di riposizionamento delle local public utilities </i> (di Barbara Antonioli, Roberto Fazioli, Alessandra Fazzioli) - ABSTRACt:In Italy, local public utilities are undergoing a radical change in organisational structure and strategically policy. The main aim is to diversify the core...

<i> Le aste e i Servizi pubblici locali </i> (di Barbara Antonioli, Federico Biagi e Roberto Fazioli) - ABSTRACT: In Italy, local public utilities are undergoing a radical change in organizational and market structure. The main aim is to extend contestability in order to introduce competition in those...

The benefits of separating drug prescribing and dispensing are still unclear, in particular when drug consumption is characterized by important spillovers. We investigate the role of dispensing physicians in the consumption of antibiotics characterized by two opposite external effects: infection...