In this study, statistical data series of public finances, relatively little-known, has been analyzed to determine the activity carried out by Italian municipal administrations during the period 2000-2012, by conducting some of their important functions, consisting of: first, granting permits for the construction of new buildings, mainly for residential purposes;
second, the collection of the revenue arising from existing municipal real estate taxes, and the expected income for the release of these building concessions, as well as for any sanctions in the urban field contextually applied; and finally, the construction of urbanization infrastructures, due to the increase in the share of the urban territory intended for residential or non-agricultural activities. It was so aimed to contribute to the verification of the arrangements by which local fiscal policies affected, even during the "great recession", the expansion of urban areas in Italy and the construction of related public infrastructures.