This paper presents a bayesian approach to analyze regional elasticity distributions with a regular translog cost function. It is known that a proper statistical analysis concerning elasticities can be performed only with the bayesian approach. Morover we can take advantage of this methodology...

The paper attempts to assess the impact of public policies on closing the regional gap between regions in Italy. In the 1990's Italian Southern regions occupy the same position within the nation that they held in 1951. Since the fifities an array of public policies has been devised and partially...