Acknowledgements
As this report goes to print, we want to express our gratitude to those who made our work possible: first and foremost, to all the chapter authors, who in general respected the deadlines, and interacted with us and with the referees. The result is a collective volume that has a consistent message throughout.
We also sincerely thank the heads of our respective institutions: Alberto Quadrio Curzio, President of CRANEC, Franco Bassanini, President of Fondazione Astrid, Xavier Ragot, President of OFCE-Sciences Po, and Sebastien Dullien, Director of IMK. Their support and encouragement are the reasons why this report exists. Their help was essential in securing financial and logistical support and even more importantly: they put the issue of public investment at the centre of their respective institutions’ scientific projects well before the pandemic brought painfully to the fore the need to appraise the theme of investment.
We also thank Giovanni Barbieri from CRANEC for his efficient editing of the volume. Last, but not least our gratitude goes to Alessandra Tosi of Open Book Publishers, who smoothly managed the refereeing process of the report, and adapted to the new constraints posed by the COVID-19 crisis.
Floriana Cerniglia
Francesco Saraceno
Andrew Watt