01637cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015335 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513559681 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. European Dept. Italy : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015. 1 online resource (74 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper establishes a causal link between public sector efficiency at the provincial level and firm productivity using data for about 450,000 Italian firms. It emphasizes that significant productivity gains could be realized if public sector efficiency improves from currently low levels. If efficiency rises to the frontier in all provinces, output per employee would increase 9 percent for the average firm. Implementing the public administration reform agenda and recommendations of the 2014 spending review and competition authority could help deliver some of these productivity gains. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2015/167 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2015/167/002.2015.issue-167-en.xml IMF e-Library