Antonio ABATEMARCO | Progetti

In this research, given a simple theoretical framework, we provide experimental evidence on the contribution of bribery, intended as `corruption with theft¿ of public officials (Schleifer and Vishny 1993), as one of the possible determinants of the departure from maximal fine.

From a theoretical point of view, this research is expected to contribute to the definition and measurement of equality of opportunity in health care. From an empirical perspective, the theoretical framework proposed above is implemented in order to measure equality of opportunity with respect to specific health treatments supplied by the Italian NHS.

To emphasize the role of information acquisition in moral hazard models and to investigate pros and cons of second best contracts with full delegation.

In this project we challenge the common interpretation of Rawls' Theory of Justice as Fairness by showing that this Theory, as outlined in the Restatement (Rawls 2001), goes well beyond the definition of a distributive value judgment, in such a way as to embrace efficiency issues as well.