On 29 and 30 May 2025, the Department of Economics of the University of Chieti-Pescara “Gabriele D’Annunzio” will host in Pescara (Italy) the XV meeting of the Network on the Economics of Regulation and Institutions (NERI).

The focus of this year’s workshop is on:

Local Public Service Provision and Quality of Institutions

NERI meetings focus on the economics of regulation, in its broadest sense of public intervention aimed at affecting market outcomes, with particular attention to the relationship between regulatory tools and institutions. 

This year’s Workshop will include sessions with invited speakers:

• LORENZO BARDELLI (ARERA)
• MARCO DI CATALDO (Ca' Foscari University of Venice and LSE)
• GABRIELE ROVIGATTI (Banca d'Italia, CEPR) 

The Call for Paper is now open. 

We invite the submission of papers on any topic of interest to NERI and particularly encourage submission of papers on the main theme of the workshop. 

Papers should be submitted to neri.workshop@gmail.com by 30 April 2025. 

Decisions will be sent to authors by 10 May 2025.

Please find below the Workshop program and the Call for Papers.

REGISTRATION

Participants are not expected to pay registration fees but they will have to cover their own travel and living expenses.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Below a few pieces of practical information that might be useful for your travel, accommodation, and permanence in Pescara: