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Liberty, Market and Cultural Goods I

Thursday, 3 April 2014: 9:30 AM-11:30 AM
Chair:
Jose Casas Pardo, University of Valencia—Spain
Organizer:
Francesco Forte, Sapienza University of Rome—Italy

Biography: Francesco Forte is Emeritus Professor at Sapienza University of Rome. He was Minister of Finance, European Affairs and Foreign Aid of the Italian Government (1982-1983) and a former Senator and Chairman of the Finance and Treasury Committee of the Italian Senate. He also is a former President of the International Atlantic Economic Society (1984-1985) and current member of the Board of Editors of the International Advances in Economic Research. Forte is author of numerous publications on public and political economics.
Choosing public versus private provision of cultural goods
Miguel Puchades-Navarro, Unviersity of Valencia—Spain; Jose Casas Pardo, University of Valencia—Spain
On the effects of the public aid to Italian movies by a model with interdependent species
Michela Mantovani, University of Reggio Calabria—Italy; Francesco Forte, Sapienza University of Rome—Italy; Michele Caputo, Sapienza University of Rome—Italy
Efficiency of Italian opera houses: A stochastic frontier production function approach
Antonio Cognata, University of Palermo—Italy; Sabrina Auci, University of Palermo—Italy