Restructuring Italian Utility Markets: Household Distributional Effects

Paola Valbonesi, Raffaele Miniaci and Carlo Scarpa

No 2005.134, Working Papers from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Consumer behaviour; Public utilities; Regulation; Gas; Electricity; Water (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D12 L51 L97 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-10
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