The empirical work on the role of trade linkages in the transmission of economic disturbances has been limited to tests on the significance of variables of simple trade shares of partners, both bilateral and in common markets. This approach ignores additional elements deriving from the new open...

Italian Abstract: Il lavoro presenta alcune analisi su IDE e scambi internazionali di servizi basate sui microdati sottostanti alle statistiche di bilancia dei pagamenti. I microdati sono in grado di evidenziare e mitigare alcuni limiti informativi delle statistiche ufficiali, ormai non più...

This work uses input-output techniques to analyse the value added content of the interregional and international trade of Italian regions, which are characterized by marked differences in their level of development and production structure. Regions differ from one another in their degree of...