The question of the spatial impacts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated intellectual and policy debate for a long time. At the beginning of the 1990s the advent of the Internet brought a new surge of debate: it was argued that the Internet would free the economy from...

In this paper we investigate the potential costs and benefits of a comprehensive green fiscal reform in Italy. Using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for the country, we simulate scenarios of progressive reduction of emissions for 13 polluting substances. It is shown that the...

This economic brief provides an overview of enterprises owned by regional and local authorities in Italy (local SOEs). Underperformance of several local SOEs may translate into a burden for public finances and the efficiency of the economy. Local SOEs are numerous (around 8 000), employ a large...

Despite their scarcity, Italy's university graduates struggle to secure jobs and the difference between their earnings and those of less educated people are smaller than elsewhere in the EU. To shed light on this apparent paradox, this Country Focus takes advantage of a unique national database...

The question of the spatial impacts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated intellectual and policy debate for a long time. At the beginning of the 1990s the advent of the Internet brought a new surge of debate: it was argued that the Internet would free the economy from...