The Summer School (XVIII Edition) is designed to offer two weeks %E2%80%9Cfull immersion%E2%80%9D in user charges regulation of local public services (e.g. waste, water, public transport, district heating, sport facilities) and is addressed to undergraduate students at their last year, graduate students and officials from the Public Administration (municipalities, counties, regional bodies) and regulatory agencies. The course lasts two weeks and is articulated in three parts: theoretical module, industry analysis,case studies (with a virtual regulatory final report prepared by attendants).

Course leader
The Summer School is organised by the Turin School of Local Regulation (an initiative of Fondazione per l'Ambiente). Programme Director: Franco Becchis Project manager: Elisa Vanin

Target group
Undergraduate students in their last year, graduate students and officials from the Public Administration (municipalities, counties, regional bodies) and regulatory agencies.

Course aim
The course is designed to provide the students with the basics of the theory of regulation that are applied to real case studies for a deeper understanding of regulatory issues and debates. Main topics are information asymmetries, industrial cost analysis and tariff setting, regulator's capture, quality concerns, mechanism design and incentive contracts, the links and trade-offs between environmental and industrial policies within the international legislation framework.

Credits info
At the end of the course a certificate of attendance will be delivered

Fee info
EUR 150: Profile A: 150 EUR. The fee includes registration to the ISS 2015 and FREE accommodation EUR 0: Profile B: FREE registration to ISS 2015 and FREE accommodation for attendants from new (post 2004) EU Member States and non OECD countries.

Turin School of Local Regulation
Address: Via Pomba 23
Postal code: 10123
City: Turin
Country: Italy
Website: http://www.turinschool.eu/iss
E-mail: iss@turinschool.eu
Phone: +39 011 5714750