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Identifying the Sources of Local Productivity Growth
Cingano, Federico; Schivardi, Fabiano - Banca d'Italia - 2003
Using firm-level based TFP indicators (as opposed to employment-based proxies) we estimate the effects of alternative sources of dynamic externalities at the local geographic level. Contrary to previous empirical work, we find that industrial specialization and scale indicators positively affect...
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Internal Geography and External Trade: regional disparities in Italy, 1861-2011
A'Hearn, Brian; Venables, Anthony J. - Banca d'Italia - 2011
engineering) to locate in regions with a large domestic market, i.e. in the North. From 1945 onwards trade growth and European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364461
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Convergence among Italian Regions, 1861-2011
Iuzzolino, Giovanni; Pellegrini, Guido; Viesti, Gianfranco - Banca d'Italia - 2011
whether they are gauged by longitude or by latitude. The disparities between western and eastern regions first widened and …
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The geographical polarization of per capita output: an analysis of the Italian case based on provincial data
Iezzi, Stefano - Banca d'Italia - 2006
clubs and other forms of geographical clustering that are not captured by an overall inequality measure. By decomposing the … Theil index of per capita income inequality into between and within groups of neighbouring locations, the degree of spatial … polarization is measured as the share of inequality accounted for by the between group component. The choice of the partition can …
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A Sectoral Analysis of Italy's Development, 1861-2011
Broadberry, Stephen; Giordano, Claire; Zollino, Francesco - Banca d'Italia - 2011
Italy's economic growth over its 150 years of unified history did not occur at a steady pace nor was it balanced across sectors. Relying on an entirely new input (labour and capital) database by us built and presented in the Appendix, together with new Banca d'Italia estimates of GDP by sector,...
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Multifactor Productivity and Labour Quality in Italy, 1981-2000
Brandolini, Andrea; Cipollone, Piero - Banca d'Italia - 2001
We investigate how the evidence for Italy from simple growth accounting exercises is modified by more accurate measurements of inputs. We describe the dynamics of total factor productivity in the last 20 years in Italy, and review theoretical and measurement issues that complicate the picture...
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The euro and firm restructuring
Bugamelli, Matteo; Schivardi, Fabiano; Zizza, Roberta - Banca d'Italia - 2009
We test whether and how the adoption of the euro, narrowly defined as the end of competitive devaluations, has affected member states� productive structures, distinguishing between within and across sector reallocation. We find evidence that the euro has been accompanied by a reallocation...
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German reunification and convergence policies
Oliva, Juan Carlos Martinez - Banca d'Italia - 2009
, unlike the Mezzogiorno, the eastern German regions enjoy a high level of infrastructural endowment, a legal system that is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005092588
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The Effects of Technology Shocks on Output Fluctuations: An Impulse Response Analysis for the G7 Countries
Fabiani, S. - Banca d'Italia - 1997
Direct and country-specific measures of technical progress are used in order to analyse the effects of technology shocks on output fluctuations in the G7. Technology shocks are measured as the unpredicted component in the dynamics of innovation, on the basis of patent statistics provided by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486719
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Technology transfer and economic growth in developing countries: an econometric analysis
Crispolti, Valerio; Marconi, Daniela - Banca d'Italia - 2005
In this paper we investigate two potential channels of international technology transfer towards developing countries: trade and foreign direct investments. We study the extent to which, through these channels, research and development expenditures (R&D) performed by advanced countries affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005609330