Il Rapporto come di consueto pone sotto osservazione critica le politiche adottate dagli ultimi governi con riferimento ai più rilevanti ambiti d’intervento pubblico, quali conti pubblici, fisco, previdenza e assistenza, sanità, federalismo, public utilities, infrastrutture. Quest’anno vengono approfonditi due temi di grande importanza per i conti pubblici italiani e per le prospettive di ripresa economica del paese: il ruolo giocato negli ultimi anni dalle politiche di austerità e il dibattito sulla riforma dell’Irpef.

Public finances in Italy: 2018 Report

Public finances in Italy is an annual report initially launched in 1994 with the aim of providing a review of the key developments that occur year by year in the area of public finance in Italy. The 2018 Report evaluates the main policy measures implemented by the Italian government during 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, and provides an outlook for the short-term future. The papers included in the report cover the most important areas of public finance and public intervention: budgetary policy, taxation, health care, education, pensions, social policies, fiscal decentralization, public utilities and infrastructure investment. Two special chapters focus respectively on the measurement of actual austerity policies implemented in Italy and on the reform of the personal income tax.

Keywords: Italy, Public finances, Fiscal policy

JEL Classification: H00, H2, H5, H6, H75, H7