claims in Italy as a key way to improve the environment for sustaining economic growth. There has been considerable interest … in the possibility of introducing a comprehensive wealth tax in Italy, reflecting the public resistance to spending …

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. …

, firms that engage in the foreign production of final goods, in addition to export activities, are more productive than firms … that only export abroad. Second, firms that engage in final goods off-shoring are more productive than firms that engage in … inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters’ performance in Italy …

in the mezzogiorno regional level area of Italy - studies reasons for return of Italian migrant workers (free circulation …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes Portugal’s export performance in 2006 and assesses whether it might augur a … sustained recovery. The paper examines the factors underlying the recent export rebound, and searches for signs of fundamental … changes in structures of the export industries during the last decade. It highlights the importance of labor market …