In this paper, we provide a very simple model to shed light on the issue of managed competition in mixed quasi-markets (i.e. regulated markets in which social and for-profit firms coexist). In doing this, we consider the literature on mixed oligopolies as a reasonable reference point and try to...

<i> Il problema dell'acqua: privatizzazione e sostenibilità </i> (di Flavio Delbono, Diego Lanzi) - ABSTRACT: The Water Problem is a worldwide crucial policy issue for local and national governments. As several international experiences have largely testified, water's strategic role in economic and...

On-line content delivery and vertical alliances between conduit and content providers are nowadays crucial issues in on-line content markets. In this paper, we discuss and compare two types of model for on-line content delivery: push and pull. We assume non-zero marginal cost for network...

<em>Gender Auditing e Approccio delle Capacità: Teoria e Metodologia</em> - In this paper we propose a model of Gender Auditing (GA) inspired by Amartya Sen’s capability approach. The methodological and normative assumptions and features of the model are outlined in order to list the relevant...

<i> Regolamentazione dell’accesso nei settori a rete: la tariffazione delle essential facilitiesin Italia </i> (di Matteo Carassiti eDiego Lanzi) - ABSTRACT: In this essay we analyse how Italian regulatory bodies have applied in network industries economic theory insights about access conditions to...

<i> Intranet, comunicazione culturale e politica industriale </i> (di Diego Lanzi) - ABSTRACT: Organizing an Intranet for cultural communication firms can improve their performances sharing among them services’ cost, inducing joint projects and innovations. Hence an industrial policy, aimed to induce...

Il concetto di poverta' e stato, negli ultimi anni, ampiamente dibattuto all'interno delle scienze sociali. La giungla terminologica e la polisemia di significati associati al termine hanno, tuttavia, alimentato piu' confusioni e dispute che agevolato la reale comprensione delle diverse radici...

In this note, we firstly discuss Chakravarty (2003) axiomatic foundation of the Generalized Human Development Index (GHDI) then we pro- pose a different set of axioms through which a class of Foster-Shorrocks-like Human Development Measures phases out. As we will argue, this class better deals...