After the Golden Age, Italy experienced increasing difficulties in adjusting its economy to the changing external … is common to advanced countries but the difficulties experienced in Italy look particularly severe. Cushioned by …

Europe must be looking in their mirror and wondering: "Where had we been going wrong? What one fool can do, why can't another …?" While Europe has attained and maintained two-digit rates of unemployment, in America there have been created tens of …

Since it became a united country, Italy was looked at with keen eyes by foreign economists, economic historians and … making good use of its population and territory, which gave it the potential to be among the great powers of Europe. In this …

The history of Italy since her unification in 1861 reflects the two-way relationship between foreign trade and economic …, Italy's comparative advantage changed fundamentally over the last 150 years. The composition of trade, in terms of both … document and analyze these changes. We will conclude with an assessment of Italy's prospects from a historical perspective. …

The paper explores the long run evolution of Italy's performance in technological innovation as a function of …

undervaluations or overvaluations of the lira/euro have on Italy's growth? We address these questions by presenting, first, three main … former sector, increasing exports and real GDP. We then turn to Italy and verify empirically that, as the theory suggests … their determinants and draw the implications for Italy's economic growth. …