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标题：Restructuring Italian Utility Markets: Household Distributional Effects
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作者：Miniaci, Raffaele ; Scarpa, Carlo ; Valbonesi, Paola 等
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2005
期号：SUPPL
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Competition 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.