Author: Alice Cavalieri
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031154479
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This book assesses Italian budgetary policy over the last thirty years. Covering more than three decades of political change and national transformation, it considers the institutional and external factors that have shaped long-term budgetary changes. The book analyses the levels of expenditure allocation across varying budget categories, and compares the budget bill and budget law in order to shed new light on the specific dynamics that have influenced budgetary decision-making processes. Overall, the book provides important conclusions on the role of the budget as a governmental policy instrument, the consequences of multilevel governance over national budgetary policy, and the impact of national and international crises on budgetary changes. With Italy being one of the most important parliamentary democracies in Europe and a key actor within the European Union, these conclusions have important repercussions for other European parliamentary democracies. The book will appeal to scholars and students of European public policy, public administration and economic governance.
Italian Budgeting Policy
Author: Alice Cavalieri
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031154479
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This book assesses Italian budgetary policy over the last thirty years. Covering more than three decades of political change and national transformation, it considers the institutional and external factors that have shaped long-term budgetary changes. The book analyses the levels of expenditure allocation across varying budget categories, and compares the budget bill and budget law in order to shed new light on the specific dynamics that have influenced budgetary decision-making processes. Overall, the book provides important conclusions on the role of the budget as a governmental policy instrument, the consequences of multilevel governance over national budgetary policy, and the impact of national and international crises on budgetary changes. With Italy being one of the most important parliamentary democracies in Europe and a key actor within the European Union, these conclusions have important repercussions for other European parliamentary democracies. The book will appeal to scholars and students of European public policy, public administration and economic governance.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031154479
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
This book assesses Italian budgetary policy over the last thirty years. Covering more than three decades of political change and national transformation, it considers the institutional and external factors that have shaped long-term budgetary changes. The book analyses the levels of expenditure allocation across varying budget categories, and compares the budget bill and budget law in order to shed new light on the specific dynamics that have influenced budgetary decision-making processes. Overall, the book provides important conclusions on the role of the budget as a governmental policy instrument, the consequences of multilevel governance over national budgetary policy, and the impact of national and international crises on budgetary changes. With Italy being one of the most important parliamentary democracies in Europe and a key actor within the European Union, these conclusions have important repercussions for other European parliamentary democracies. The book will appeal to scholars and students of European public policy, public administration and economic governance.
Fiscal Rules to Tame the Political Budget Cycle
Author: Lorenzo Forni
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 147556998X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The paper provides evidence that fiscal rules can limit the political budget cycle. It focuses on the application of the Italian fiscal rule at the sub-national level over the period 2004-2006 and shows that: 1) municipalities are subject to political budget cycles in capital spending; 2) the Italian subnational fiscal rule introduced in 1999 has been enforced by the central government; 3) municipalities subject to the fiscal rule show more limited political budget cycles than municipalities not subject to the rule. In order to identify the effect, we rely on the fact that the domestic fiscal rule does not apply to municipalities below 5,000 inhabitants. We find that the political budget cycle increases real capital spending by about 35 percent on average in the years prior to municipal elections and that the sub-national fiscal rule reduces these figures by about two thirds.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 147556998X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The paper provides evidence that fiscal rules can limit the political budget cycle. It focuses on the application of the Italian fiscal rule at the sub-national level over the period 2004-2006 and shows that: 1) municipalities are subject to political budget cycles in capital spending; 2) the Italian subnational fiscal rule introduced in 1999 has been enforced by the central government; 3) municipalities subject to the fiscal rule show more limited political budget cycles than municipalities not subject to the rule. In order to identify the effect, we rely on the fact that the domestic fiscal rule does not apply to municipalities below 5,000 inhabitants. We find that the political budget cycle increases real capital spending by about 35 percent on average in the years prior to municipal elections and that the sub-national fiscal rule reduces these figures by about two thirds.
Rules-Based Fiscal Policy in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain
Author: Mr.Gabriel Di Bella
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 9781589062160
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Fiscal rules can help to counteract the deficits and spending biases that too often originate in the political process. Rules that constrain spending--rather than the balance--allow fiscal policy to be countercyclical. Yet the design of effective spending rules is by no means straightforward. Should a rule be real or nominal? How comprehensive should the definition of spending be? What safeguards ensure the credibility of a rule? How do rules work in decentralized systems where regions and states are partially autonomous? France, Germany, Italy, and Spain--countries that could benefit from more emphasis on fiscal rules to constrain spending--are explored here as case studies.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 9781589062160
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Fiscal rules can help to counteract the deficits and spending biases that too often originate in the political process. Rules that constrain spending--rather than the balance--allow fiscal policy to be countercyclical. Yet the design of effective spending rules is by no means straightforward. Should a rule be real or nominal? How comprehensive should the definition of spending be? What safeguards ensure the credibility of a rule? How do rules work in decentralized systems where regions and states are partially autonomous? France, Germany, Italy, and Spain--countries that could benefit from more emphasis on fiscal rules to constrain spending--are explored here as case studies.
Gender Studies, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital
Author: Paola Paoloni
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030468747
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In today’s climate, academics, professional community and policy makers all have input in critical gender issues, as well as in the entrepreneurship and human capital issues. Various gender issues are published involving many scientific fields, including business, management and accounting research. Presenting the topic of gender issues, entrepreneurship and human capital, this book collects the main output of the researches presented at the Annual Workshop of IPAZIA 2019 of Rome in Italy. The authors provide a renewed and fruitful analysis of these topics, with the purpose of advancing the gender theories in the international context.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030468747
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
In today’s climate, academics, professional community and policy makers all have input in critical gender issues, as well as in the entrepreneurship and human capital issues. Various gender issues are published involving many scientific fields, including business, management and accounting research. Presenting the topic of gender issues, entrepreneurship and human capital, this book collects the main output of the researches presented at the Annual Workshop of IPAZIA 2019 of Rome in Italy. The authors provide a renewed and fruitful analysis of these topics, with the purpose of advancing the gender theories in the international context.
Organization and Financing of Public Health Services in Europe
Author: Centers of Disease Control
Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9289051701
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
What are public health services? Countries across Europe understand what they are or what they should include differently. This study describes the experiences of nine countries detailing the ways they have opted to organize and finance public health services and train and employ their public health workforce. It covers England France Germany Italy the Netherlands Slovenia Sweden Poland and the Republic of Moldova and aims to give insights into current practice that will support decision-makers in their efforts to strengthen public health capacities and services. Each country chapter captures the historical background of public health services and the context in which they operate; sets out the main organizational structures; assesses the sources of public health financing and how it is allocated; explains the training and employment of the public health workforce; and analyses existing frameworks for quality and performance assessment. The study reveals a wide range of experience and variation across Europe and clearly illustrates two fundamentally different approaches to public health services: integration with curative health services (as in Slovenia or Sweden) or organization and provision through a separate parallel structure (Republic of Moldova). The case studies explore the context that explain this divergence and its implications. This study is the result of close collaboration between the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the WHO Regional Office for Europe Division of Health Systems and Public Health. It accompanies two other Observatory publications Organization and financing of public health services in Europe and The role of public health organizations in addressing public health problems in Europe: the case of obesity alcohol and antimicrobial resistance (both forthcoming).
Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9289051701
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
What are public health services? Countries across Europe understand what they are or what they should include differently. This study describes the experiences of nine countries detailing the ways they have opted to organize and finance public health services and train and employ their public health workforce. It covers England France Germany Italy the Netherlands Slovenia Sweden Poland and the Republic of Moldova and aims to give insights into current practice that will support decision-makers in their efforts to strengthen public health capacities and services. Each country chapter captures the historical background of public health services and the context in which they operate; sets out the main organizational structures; assesses the sources of public health financing and how it is allocated; explains the training and employment of the public health workforce; and analyses existing frameworks for quality and performance assessment. The study reveals a wide range of experience and variation across Europe and clearly illustrates two fundamentally different approaches to public health services: integration with curative health services (as in Slovenia or Sweden) or organization and provision through a separate parallel structure (Republic of Moldova). The case studies explore the context that explain this divergence and its implications. This study is the result of close collaboration between the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the WHO Regional Office for Europe Division of Health Systems and Public Health. It accompanies two other Observatory publications Organization and financing of public health services in Europe and The role of public health organizations in addressing public health problems in Europe: the case of obesity alcohol and antimicrobial resistance (both forthcoming).
Italian Foreign Policy during Matteo Renzi's Government
Author: Fabrizio Coticchia
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498551556
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
This book sets out to explain the foreign policy of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (February 2014 to December 2016). It offers a unique analytical framework to make sense of Renzi’s foreign policy: the domestically-focused outsider. It argues that to untangle Renzi’s foreign policy one must first understand that his clear priority was enacting domestic economic and political reforms. Domestic focus means that Renzi made foreign policy decisions with a sensitivity to public opinion and party unity. The book also argues that Renzi’s status as an outsider in Italian politics—having previously served only as the mayor of Florence—provides critical insight into his foreign policy. Renzi was prone to skepticism of the establishment and dramatic, symbolic gestures rather than patient coalition building. The book applies this framework to the five most important foreign policy issues Renzi’s government faced: migration, finance and the EU, Russia, ISIL, and Libya. The book’s analysis of the cases benefits from over twenty elite interviews, including those with senior members of Renzi’s government.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498551556
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
This book sets out to explain the foreign policy of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (February 2014 to December 2016). It offers a unique analytical framework to make sense of Renzi’s foreign policy: the domestically-focused outsider. It argues that to untangle Renzi’s foreign policy one must first understand that his clear priority was enacting domestic economic and political reforms. Domestic focus means that Renzi made foreign policy decisions with a sensitivity to public opinion and party unity. The book also argues that Renzi’s status as an outsider in Italian politics—having previously served only as the mayor of Florence—provides critical insight into his foreign policy. Renzi was prone to skepticism of the establishment and dramatic, symbolic gestures rather than patient coalition building. The book applies this framework to the five most important foreign policy issues Renzi’s government faced: migration, finance and the EU, Russia, ISIL, and Libya. The book’s analysis of the cases benefits from over twenty elite interviews, including those with senior members of Renzi’s government.
Connecting People with Jobs Strengthening Active Labour Market Policies in Italy
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264653074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This report on Italy is the fifth country study published in a series of reports looking into how policies connect people with jobs. It discusses how active labour market policies in Italy are performing both on the national and the regional level, focussing particularly on the reform process in the system of public employment services initiated by the Jobs Act.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264653074
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This report on Italy is the fifth country study published in a series of reports looking into how policies connect people with jobs. It discusses how active labour market policies in Italy are performing both on the national and the regional level, focussing particularly on the reform process in the system of public employment services initiated by the Jobs Act.
Italian Fiscal Policy Review. 2015
Author: Sergio Ginebri
Publisher: Roma TrE-Press
ISBN: 8894885097
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Il volume esamina e valuta la politica di bilancio italiana realizzata nell’anno 2015, di cui vengono presentati gli impatti macroeconomici e distributivi. Si sostiene che, da una parte, le politiche di consolidamento fiscale mettono a rischio la crescita già bassa del Pil e finiscono per ritardare la riduzione del rapporto tra debito e Pil; d’altra parte, che i provvedimenti adottati non hanno ridotto la disuguaglianza nella distribuzione del reddito, che in Italia è una delle più alte in Europa. Oltre a ciò, vengono approfondite due tematiche salienti per la politica di bilancio: in primo luogo la relazione esistente tra struttura del prelievo fiscale, crescita, occupazione. Viene mostrano che, a parità di gettito, un aumento della progressività del prelievo incrementa l’occupazione, e che un trasferimento del prelievo dal reddito al consumo aumenta la crescita e l’occupazione. Il secondo argomento di approfondimento riguarda la misurazione del Pil potenziale, che è alla base delle regole fiscali europee. Due contributi mostrano la scarsa robustezza o l’inadeguatezza delle metodologie di calcolo del potenziale adottate dalla Commissione europea.
Publisher: Roma TrE-Press
ISBN: 8894885097
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Il volume esamina e valuta la politica di bilancio italiana realizzata nell’anno 2015, di cui vengono presentati gli impatti macroeconomici e distributivi. Si sostiene che, da una parte, le politiche di consolidamento fiscale mettono a rischio la crescita già bassa del Pil e finiscono per ritardare la riduzione del rapporto tra debito e Pil; d’altra parte, che i provvedimenti adottati non hanno ridotto la disuguaglianza nella distribuzione del reddito, che in Italia è una delle più alte in Europa. Oltre a ciò, vengono approfondite due tematiche salienti per la politica di bilancio: in primo luogo la relazione esistente tra struttura del prelievo fiscale, crescita, occupazione. Viene mostrano che, a parità di gettito, un aumento della progressività del prelievo incrementa l’occupazione, e che un trasferimento del prelievo dal reddito al consumo aumenta la crescita e l’occupazione. Il secondo argomento di approfondimento riguarda la misurazione del Pil potenziale, che è alla base delle regole fiscali europee. Due contributi mostrano la scarsa robustezza o l’inadeguatezza delle metodologie di calcolo del potenziale adottate dalla Commissione europea.
The Italian Economy: Heaven or Hell?
Author: Mario Baldassarri
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349231134
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349231134
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Health and Healthcare Policy in Italy since 1861
Author: Francesco Taroni
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030887316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Providing a historical overview of healthcare in Italy from its unification in 1861 to the present COVID-19 pandemic, this book analyses the political, social and cultural impact of Italian healthcare policy and medicine. The author examines the development of public health, hospitals, and primary care, and the building of healthcare systems across three political regimes in Italy: the liberal period (1861-1914), Fascism (1922-43), and the Italian Republic (1948 to the present day). By emphasising the embeddedness of health-related legislation in Italy’s political and social background, this book offers a comparative account of Italian health policy, and contrasts this with developments in neighbouring European countries, Canada and the United States. The book focuses on the Italian government’s reaction to the social and political impact of several diseases: pellagra; cholera; malaria; and tuberculosis, and explores the present-day response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. A timely and comprehensive read, this book will appeal to those teaching and researching Italian history and the history of medicine and healthcare more widely.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030887316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Providing a historical overview of healthcare in Italy from its unification in 1861 to the present COVID-19 pandemic, this book analyses the political, social and cultural impact of Italian healthcare policy and medicine. The author examines the development of public health, hospitals, and primary care, and the building of healthcare systems across three political regimes in Italy: the liberal period (1861-1914), Fascism (1922-43), and the Italian Republic (1948 to the present day). By emphasising the embeddedness of health-related legislation in Italy’s political and social background, this book offers a comparative account of Italian health policy, and contrasts this with developments in neighbouring European countries, Canada and the United States. The book focuses on the Italian government’s reaction to the social and political impact of several diseases: pellagra; cholera; malaria; and tuberculosis, and explores the present-day response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. A timely and comprehensive read, this book will appeal to those teaching and researching Italian history and the history of medicine and healthcare more widely.