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A Regulatory Multi-Level Reform in Italian Urban Waste Service Management: From Several Local Regulatory Agencies to a Unique Regional One

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The Political Economy of Local Regulation

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This study illustrates the changes experienced in the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy after the reform of the regulatory agencies of the municipal solid waste service. In 2012, a unique regional regulatory agency was created in place of nine different local agencies. The design of the governance of the new regulatory agency consisted of two administrative levels: a regional board with main functions and responsibilities and nine local councils of a provincial (subregional) dimension. After three years since the constitution of the new regulatory agency, this study illustrates the changes that the new regional organization has brought to the behaviour of the stakeholders involved in urban waste management. A survey completed by the entire staff of the urban waste management team of the regulatory agency has been done to better investigate the most relevant issues, such as the changes that have occurred in the financial planning activities, the degree of independency of the new regulatory agency, and the changes in information asymmetry.

The views expressed here are strictly personal and cannot be purported to represent those of ATERSIR.

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  1. Agenzia Territoriale dell’Emilia Romagna per i Servizi Idrici e Rifiuti, Bologna, Italy

    Giovanni Biagini

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  1. SOAS University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Alberto Asquer

  2. Turin School of Local Regulation and Foundation for the Environment, Torino, Italy

    Franco Becchis

  3. Turin School of Local Regulation and Foundation for the Environment, Torino, Italy

    Daniele Russolillo

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Biagini, G. (2017). A Regulatory Multi-Level Reform in Italian Urban Waste Service Management: From Several Local Regulatory Agencies to a Unique Regional One. In: Asquer, A., Becchis, F., Russolillo, D. (eds) The Political Economy of Local Regulation. Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58828-9_20

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