Comuni e province sono azionisti di centinaia di società di capitale: 240.000 dipendenti, un giro d’affari di 43 miliardi di euro: un mezzo impero. La presentazione del libro "Comuni S.p.A. - Il capitalismo municipale in Italia" offrirà uno spaccato della siutazione di oltre 700 imprese pubbliche locali italiane e sarà un’occasione di dibattito sulle sfide e opportunità  del capitalismo municipale e sulle complesse relazioni fra governo e impresa a livello locale anche alla luce delle innovazioni legislative. Chiuderà l’evento il Ministro per le Politiche Europee Andrea Ronchi, firmatario del recente decreto sui servizi pubblici locali.

The new FEEM Board of Directors has taken office on February 2, 2010. Members of the Board are: Giovanni Bazoli, Raffaella Leone, Leonardo Maugeri, Alberto Meomartini, Joaquìn Navarro-Valls, Angelo Maria Petroni, Roberto Poli, Giulio Sapelli, Paolo Scaroni, Domenico Siniscalco and Guido Tabellini. Paolo Scaroni has been confirmed Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors has also appointed the new Scientific Advisory Board...

The latest in Monitor-FEEM's series of quarterly reports on the behavior of sovereign wealth funds investments found the number and value of transactions for the third quarter of 2009 had risen significantly. As predicted in the Q2 report,SWFs are emerging with long-term strategies around investments, focusing on international markets and avoiding the financial sector. It appears that the stronger funds are really starting to come out of inactivity and pick up speed quickly. Find out more in the Q3 SWF Report "Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment Behavior: Analysis of Sovereign Wealth Fund Transactions during Q3 2009".

This scientific conference addresses, through the "lens" of economics, issues that are increasingly debated in the broader political and social arena, such as cultural and institutional roots of crime, ethnic diversity and integration, family values and women’s rights, juvenile delinquency. The role of economists in this debate is to develop empirical strategies and theoretical models able to analyze and quantify the forces at play, with a particular concern to causality issues that are crucial in the design of sound policies.

The most usual question when talking about sustainability is "what are the most sustainable countries today?", "what will be the most sustainable countries in the future?", and "how will the sustainability change if we commit to policies such as a climate change agreement?".

In today's world prosperity coexists with abject poverty. Why have some societies managed to grow rapidly for several decades, while others have been unable to generate economic growth and a decent living standard for their citizens? And how can we avoid crises to ensure continued growth in today's successful societies?

In the last twenty years economics has created much of lasting value and real potential, but it has also suffered from “collective amnesia”. Professor Stern describes the bending of public policy analysis to political vogue, indicating some of the consequences and the mechanics of the processes described, using climate change as an example.

FEEM key research findings on the stability of international climate coalitions are illustrated in an article recently published by the prestigious journal Nature. A few weeks ahead of Copenhagen, where world governments will meet to agree on a future climate deal, the article explores how game theory can be used to provide insights on which strategies are most likely to succeed in future climate negotiations.