Le relazioni tra le dimensioni della sostenibilità nei sistemi locali e la spesa pubblica

This paper analyses the relations among the sustainability dimensions of Italian territorial local systems and the public expenditure. The starting point is the ESA model, which describes some basic elements of sustainable socio-economic development. The introduction in the model of the public institutions expenditure aims at verifying the possible their impact on the social, economic and environmental dimensions of local systems. The first results show an effective and positive link between PA expenditure for the economic dimension, structure and economic performance of the territorial system, whereas the relations among the same variables in the environmental dimension are less consistent.