different results. But this cannot be considered only as a limitation. In fact, if the distribution here
supposed is considered one of the possible policy combinations, the methodology developed, once
some restrictive assumptions are accepted, can be then used as an instrument for policy makers to
carry out experiments and to identify the most preferable policy combination.
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