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Università della Svizzera italiana

Essays on the cost structure of nonprofit nursing homes

Di Giorgio, Laura ; Filippini, Massimo (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2013 ; 2013ECO002.

Public provision of institutionalized long term care will pose an increasing challenge to the sustainability of public finances. Population ageing has been recognized as one of the main factors driving health care costs increase in Europe and is expected to further raise the demand of nursing home care. To ensure a sustainable system in the next decades, policymakers need evidence on the...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Cost efficiency and regulation of Slovenian water distribution utilities : an application of stochastic frontier methods

Zoric, Jelena ; Filippini, Massimo (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2006 ; 2006ECO003.

Over the last two decades it has become increasingly important to promote the efficiency and improve the performance of natural monopolies operating within network industries. In line with this, different regulatory approaches have been designed aiming at preventing the abuse of monopoly power and at the same time enhancing the performance of regulated firms. The most widely adopted...