Antitrust and regulation in the European Union: selected topics

With the Communication on Smart Regulation issued in October 2010, the European Commission tried to foster a better management of the whole policy cycle. According to that Communication, amending policy proposals must be preceded by an ex post assessment of the current situation, allowing ―closing the policy cycle‖. This paper tries to answer the question whether the EU Impact Assessments System is fit to steer and close the policy cycle, and what is the relation between ex ante IA and ex post evaluations ―on the ground‖ so far. This is done via a macro and micro analysis, based on scorecard approach and three case studies, comparing the EU IA system performance with a theoretical benchmark derived from the EU policy document and process. The paper concludes that the EU Impact Assessment system, as it is currently designed and implemented, it is not yet fit to steer and close the policy cycle. To achieve this goal, all the analytical and empirical layers of the policy cycle should be fully dealt with since the ex ante phase.With the Communication on Smart Regulation issued in October 2010, the European Commission tried to foster a better management of the whole policy cycle. According to that Communication, amending policy proposals must be preceded by an ex post assessment of the current situation, allowing ―closing the policy cycle‖. This paper tries to answer the question whether the EU Impact Assessments System is fit to steer and close the policy cycle, and what is the relation between ex ante IA and ex post evaluations ―on the ground‖ so far. This is done via a macro and micro analysis, based on scorecard approach and three case studies, comparing the EU IA system performance with a theoretical benchmark derived from the EU policy document and process. The paper concludes that the EU Impact Assessment system, as it is currently designed and implemented, it is not yet fit to steer and close the policy cycle. To achieve this goal, all the analytical and empirical layers of the policy cycle should be fully dealt with since the ex ante phase.LUISS PhD Thesi

Rethinking Social Mobility through Life Chances: a Problem of Trust?

Discussing Social Mobility: Squaring the Circle. Looking Behind Mobility: Life Chances. Rethinking Life Chances Through Trust. Exploring the Relationship between Trust and Life Chances: a European Cross-Country Analysis.Discussing Social Mobility: Squaring the Circle. Looking Behind Mobility: Life Chances. Rethinking Life Chances Through Trust. Exploring the Relationship between Trust and Life Chances: a European Cross-Country Analysis.LUISS PhD Thesi

IT Value in Public Sector: Discussion on an Established Model for Private Sector

IT value is defined as the stream of research devoted to the identification of economic impacts and organizational benefits of IT applications. This is a research topic with a long-standing tradition, stimulated by the identification of the so-called “productivity paradox”. IT value engaged scholars from many disciplines, adopting different methods and theoretical perspectives, in the study of the benefits produced by IT investments. In spite of a substantial body of literature produced by scholars on this topic during the recent years, the argument still stimulates discussion. A common trait that groups several, when almost not all, studies on the IT value phenomenon is the focus on the private sector, with the frequent use of income or financial indicators to measure improvements. The phenomenon thence needs a study in this peculiar and potentially different context of public administrations. Taking into account this scenario, this paper introduces analyses of the IT value phenomenon in the public administration domain and discusses on the basis of a multiple case study a rich and established IT value theoretical model available in literature.IT value is defined as the stream of research devoted to the identification of economic impacts and organizational benefits of IT applications. This is a research topic with a long-standing tradition, stimulated by the identification of the so-called “productivity paradox”. IT value engaged scholars from many disciplines, adopting different methods and theoretical perspectives, in the study of the benefits produced by IT investments. In spite of a substantial body of literature produced by scholars on this topic during the recent years, the argument still stimulates discussion. A common trait that groups several, when almost not all, studies on the IT value phenomenon is the focus on the private sector, with the frequent use of income or financial indicators to measure improvements. The phenomenon thence needs a study in this peculiar and potentially different context of public administrations. Taking into account this scenario, this paper introduces analyses of the IT value phenomenon in the public administration domain and discusses on the basis of a multiple case study a rich and established IT value theoretical model available in literature.Uninvited Submission

Nationalism and European identity in the frame of European citizenship

Identity and nationalism. National versus European? Clash of nationalism.Identity and nationalism. National versus European? Clash of nationalism.LUISS PhD Thesi

Institutional Logics in Action: a Slow-Motion Analysis of the Accreditation Process of Italian Museums

Theoretical Background: Neo-institutionalism and Institutional Logics. Essay 1. Time After Time: The Slow Motion Analysis of Institutional Logics Influence. Field of Study: Institutional Logics and the Evolution of Italian Museums. Essay 2. Institutional Logics Influence in the Accreditation of Italian Museums. Essay 3. Bridging Logics: The Role Of Educational Logic in Museum.Theoretical Background: Neo-institutionalism and Institutional Logics. Essay 1. Time After Time: The Slow Motion Analysis of Institutional Logics Influence. Field of Study: Institutional Logics and the Evolution of Italian Museums. Essay 2. Institutional Logics Influence in the Accreditation of Italian Museums. Essay 3. Bridging Logics: The Role Of Educational Logic in Museum.LUISS PhD Thesi

Il patrimonio netto nel sistema dell'imposizione sui redditi

Il regime giuridico e fiscale delle poste del patrimonio netto. Il sistema impositivo degli utili e delle riserve di utili. Restituzione/distribuzione di capitale e riserve di capitale: effetti fiscali della perdita della qualità di socio; effetti fiscali in caso di permanenza della qualità di socio.Il regime giuridico e fiscale delle poste del patrimonio netto. Il sistema impositivo degli utili e delle riserve di utili. Restituzione/distribuzione di capitale e riserve di capitale: effetti fiscali della perdita della qualità di socio; effetti fiscali in caso di permanenza della qualità di socio.LUISS PhD Thesi

Il trattamento del debito nelle imposte sui redditi

L'indebitamento nell'economia aziendale: raccolta di risorse finanziarie tra debito e capitale. Gli effetti dell'indebitamento nella formazione del reddito imponibile. La determinazione del reddito d'impresa nei rapporti patrimoniali tra debito e capitale.L'indebitamento nell'economia aziendale: raccolta di risorse finanziarie tra debito e capitale. Gli effetti dell'indebitamento nella formazione del reddito imponibile. La determinazione del reddito d'impresa nei rapporti patrimoniali tra debito e capitale.LUISS PhD Thesi

Rebates and loyalty discounts schemes in EU: towards a more economic approach?; Il margin squeeze in Europa dopo TeliaSonera e Telefonica; Regulatory impact assessment in telecommunication industry

1. The economics of rebates. Antitrust assessment of rebates in EU before the 2009 Guidance Paper: a form based approach. The treatment of rebates scheme in Guidance Paper on art 82. EU case after Guidance Paper: towards a more economic approach? Conditional rebates after Guidance paper: is form enough? The need of a “safe harbour” rule. 2. Recentemente la corte svedese ha comminato all’operatore incumbent una sanzione amministrativa per aver abusato della posizione dominante goduta nei servizi di accesso a banda larga. Tale sentenza è stata preceduta da una pronuncia pregiudiziale della Corte Europea sull’l’interpretazione dell’art. 102 TFUE in merito ai criteri alla luce dei quali si deve ritenere che una pratica tariffaria di compressione dei margini tra prezzo e costo costituisca abuso di posizione dominante. Sul solco di tale interpretazione la Corte di Giustizia Europea ha recentemente confermato la sanzione inflitta dalla Commissione all’operatore telefonico spagnolo (Telefonica) per violazione dell’art 102 del TFUE. L’interpretazione della corte segna una svolta in materia di margin squeeze che da un lato allarga il divario tra stati uniti ed Europa e dall’altro appare andare oltre l’approccio delineato dalla Commissione europea sull’applicazione dell’art 102 del trattato. Nel corso del lavoro si riassumeranno i punti di principali novità rappresentati dalla sentenza, gli elementi di rottura rispetto al passato e rispetto all’approccio statunitense e si cercheranno di delineare i possibili scenari futuri. 3. Il margin squeeze in EU: definizione ed evoluzione. La sentenza TeliaSonera: distanza incolmabile rispetto all’approccio statunitense? Il rapporto tra antitrust e regolamentazione di settore: le due sponde dell’oceano.1. The economics of rebates. Antitrust assessment of rebates in EU before the 2009 Guidance Paper: a form based approach. The treatment of rebates scheme in Guidance Paper on art 82. EU case after Guidance Paper: towards a more economic approach? Conditional rebates after Guidance paper: is form enough? The need of a “safe harbour” rule. 2. Recentemente la corte svedese ha comminato all’operatore incumbent una sanzione amministrativa per aver abusato della posizione dominante goduta nei servizi di accesso a banda larga. Tale sentenza è stata preceduta da una pronuncia pregiudiziale della Corte Europea sull’l’interpretazione dell’art. 102 TFUE in merito ai criteri alla luce dei quali si deve ritenere che una pratica tariffaria di compressione dei margini tra prezzo e costo costituisca abuso di posizione dominante. Sul solco di tale interpretazione la Corte di Giustizia Europea ha recentemente confermato la sanzione inflitta dalla Commissione all’operatore telefonico spagnolo (Telefonica) per violazione dell’art 102 del TFUE. L’interpretazione della corte segna una svolta in materia di margin squeeze che da un lato allarga il divario tra stati uniti ed Europa e dall’altro appare andare oltre l’approccio delineato dalla Commissione europea sull’applicazione dell’art 102 del trattato. Nel corso del lavoro si riassumeranno i punti di principali novità rappresentati dalla sentenza, gli elementi di rottura rispetto al passato e rispetto all’approccio statunitense e si cercheranno di delineare i possibili scenari futuri. 3. Il margin squeeze in EU: definizione ed evoluzione. La sentenza TeliaSonera: distanza incolmabile rispetto all’approccio statunitense? Il rapporto tra antitrust e regolamentazione di settore: le due sponde dell’oceano.LUISS PhD Thesi

Ti esti State-terrorism: Critical Terrorism Studies and Human Rights: Philosophy and Law

What is State-Terrorism. Ti Esti State-Terrorism. The Crime of State-Terrorism.What is State-Terrorism. Ti Esti State-Terrorism. The Crime of State-Terrorism.LUISS PhD Thesi

Competing Concepts of Subsidiarity in the Early Warning Mechanism

The essay aims at analysing how the relationship between parliaments in the European Union (EU) – the European, the national and the regional parliaments – are shaped after the coming into force of the Treaty of Lisbon and how the early warning mechanism can contribute to promoting their participation in the EU decision-making. Indeed, the control of compliance of draft legislative acts with the principle of subsidiarity appears as a key-element for enhancing the parliamentary involvement in EU affairs, as it is the opportunity to develop new institutional mechanisms, like the 'political dialogue', in spite of the political nature and function of this control. This essay is based on Neil MacCormick’s theory on the subsidiarity principle and, in particular, on the assumptions that what is called 'democratic deficit' in the EU is in reality a 'subsidiarity deficit'. Here it is argued that the 'subsidiarity deficit' can be contrasted by the early warning mechanism introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon and by the cooperation among the Parliaments of the EU.The essay aims at analysing how the relationship between parliaments in the European Union (EU) – the European, the national and the regional parliaments – are shaped after the coming into force of the Treaty of Lisbon and how the early warning mechanism can contribute to promoting their participation in the EU decision-making. Indeed, the control of compliance of draft legislative acts with the principle of subsidiarity appears as a key-element for enhancing the parliamentary involvement in EU affairs, as it is the opportunity to develop new institutional mechanisms, like the 'political dialogue', in spite of the political nature and function of this control. This essay is based on Neil MacCormick’s theory on the subsidiarity principle and, in particular, on the assumptions that what is called 'democratic deficit' in the EU is in reality a 'subsidiarity deficit'. Here it is argued that the 'subsidiarity deficit' can be contrasted by the early warning mechanism introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon and by the cooperation among the Parliaments of the EU.Refereed Working Papers / of international relevanc