The regulation of professions in Italy

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The paper deals with the regulation of professions in Italy. It is a very traditional system of regulation based on inputs control. This regulation is clearly excessive for most of the professions. In fact, market failures - both in terms of information asymmetries and externalities - do not require and/or justify the present licensing system. Rather, for most of the professions, licensing should be substituted by a weaker certification system, operated by professional associations, that should lose their public law status. Competition between these associations, which would have a private character, could perform many of the functions, like control on malpractice and sanctioning which are currently delegated to the appropriate Orders. In fact, it is no longer true - at least for most of the professions - that output regulation is an inherently difficult task for professional services.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 36.1997

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Antitrust Policy and Public Enterprises, Nonprofit Institutions, and Professional Organizations
• Subject: Regulation ; Professions ; Beruf ; Regulierung ; Italien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Brosio, Giorgio
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (where): Milano
• (when): 1997

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/154800
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