Chapter 3 Did the Italian Public Finances Converge to European Standards after the EMU?

Chapter 4 Are The Income Policy Agreements Of 1992-93 In Italy Still Valid?Towards A Theory For The Optimal Design Of The “Social Pact”In The European Monetary Union

Chapter 5 Laws and Legislature Size in Italian Regions: Which Will Be the Effect of an Increase in the Number of Legislators?

Chapter 6 Setting House Taxes by Italian Municipalities: What the Data Say

Chapter 7 How Do Institutions Shape Policy Making? The Transition from Parliamentarism to Presidentialism in Iitalian Local Governments

Chapter 8 Thirty Years of Reforms to Budget Rules in Italy: An Econometric Evaluation

Chapter 9 The “Demand for Justice” in Italy: Civil Litigation and the Judicial System

Chapter 10 The creation of Independent Authorities in Italy

Chapter 11 The Regional Organization of Hospital Care in Italy: The Effects of Asymmetry of Information and Soft Budget Constraint Rules

Chapter 12 The Channeled Italian Voters