The ruling class : management and politics in modern Italy / edited by Tito Boeri, Antonio Merlo, and Andrea Prat ; with Giuliano Amato ., . ... [et al.].
Title
The ruling class : management and politics in modern Italy / edited by Tito Boeri, Antonio Merlo, and Andrea Prat ; with Giuliano Amato ., . ... [et al.].
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Labour Market of Italian Politicians / Andrea Mattozzi -- Introduction -- 1.Institutional Background -- 1.1.The Italian Parliament -- 1.2.The electoral law -- 1.3.A tale of two Republics -- 1.3.1.The political parties of the First Republic -- 1.3.2.The political parties of the Second Republic -- 1.4.The role of trade unions -- 2.Stylized Facts -- 2.1.Career profiles -- 2.2.Incomes -- 2.3.Outcomes -- 2.4.Parties -- 3.Analysis and Conclusions -- 3.1.Private returns to legislative experience and the quality of politicians -- 3.2.Some closing remarks on the Italian electoral law -- Appendix -- References -- Comments / Lucrezia Reichlin -- pt. II Italian Managers: Fidelity or Performance? / Raffaella Sadun -- Introduction -- 4.Overview -- 4.1.Incentives, management practices, and family firms -- 4.1.1.Incentives -- 4.1.2.Management practices -- 4.1.3.Family firms -- 4.2.CEOs' characteristics and activity -- 5.Data Sources --^
5.1.Survey of Managerltalia members -- 5.2.CEOs' time-use survey -- 5.3.INPS database -- 5.4.CEP Management Survey -- 6.Managers' Characteristics -- 6.1.Demographics -- 6.1.1.Age -- 6.1.2.Gender -- 6.1.3.National origin -- 6.2.Managers' background -- 6.2.1.Education -- 6.2.2.Family and origin -- 6.2.3.Attitude towards risk -- 7.Firms' Managerial Policies -- 7.1.International comparison -- 7.2.Analysing people management with the Managerltalia survey -- 7.2.1.Recruitment -- 7.2.2.Appraisals -- 7.2.3.Bonuses -- 7.2.4.Promotions and dismissals -- 7.3.The evolution of the incentive structure: evidence from INPS -- 8.Fidelity versus Performance -- 8.1.Selection -- 8.2.Effort -- 8.3.Use of time -- 8.3.1.Data description -- 8.3.2.Do CEOs of different age cohorts use their time differently? -- 8.3.3.Do CEOs who work longer hours use their time differently? -- 8.3.4.What firm characteristics explain time use? -- 8.4.Compensation and job satisfaction --^
8.5.Managerial policies and firm performance -- 9.Conclusions -- References -- Comments / Luigi Zingales.