The paper investigates the influence of reforms, demographic and socio-economic factors, and firm strategies on the performance of cultural organizations. The research question is addressed by applying a basic Data Envelopment Analysis Slack-Based Model (DEA SBM) and network DEA SBM to the whole...

The presence of extensive housing subsidies characterises the current tax systems as inefficient. In this paper, we study whether inefficiency is the price to be paid to improve equity, by assessing the actual distributive impact of housing taxation on Italian households. We concentrate on the...

The upward trend in the incidence of caesarean deliveries is a widespread stylised fact in many countries. Several studies have argued that it does not reflect, at least in part, patients' needs but that it is also influenced by other factors, such as providers/physicians incentives. Not...