Restructuring Italian Utility Markets: Household Distributional Effects

dc.creatorMiniaci, Raffaele
dc.creatorScarpa, Carlo
dc.creatorValbonesi, Paola
dc.date2017-04-01T17:59:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T03:03:28Z
dc.descriptionCompetition in public utility sectors has been encouraged in recent years throughout Europe. In this paper we try and analyse the welfare effects of these reforms in Italy, with particular attention to water and energy goods. The first step is to introduce a sensible measure of affordability of public utilities and to see how many households fall below a critical threshold. This issue is analysed stressing how climatic conditions dramatically affect households' expenditure and how the affordability of utility bills varies a lot from region to region. So far, utilities' reforms do not seem to have produced negative effects on the weaker group of households.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.12114
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/12114/files/wp050134.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/12114
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/525671
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/12114
dc.titleRestructuring Italian Utility Markets: Household Distributional Effects
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