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In the context of the proposal of the EU Commission for a Services Directive, a debate has evolved concerning the possible market orientation of services of general public interest. The Directive, suggesting the liberalisation of services from state control, is supposed to cover, with important...
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Set up by the Italian central government and implemented in the areas of the country that are lagging behind, Obiettivi di Servizio is an innovative scheme designed to encourage local authorities to reach given targets for public service provision in the areas of education, childcare and elderly...
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Two seemingly unconnected empirical results suggest an intriguing mechanism. First, economic integration helps harmonize prices internationally, with trade being the primary channel (Rogoff 1996, Goldberg and Knetter 1997). Second, monetary union may greatly increase the amount of trade among...
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