last two decades, the world trade has been rapidly changing with Italy becoming increasingly more competitive and …

This paper analyses the revealed comparative advantage for six European countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the … Netherlands and the UK. The results can be summarized as the follows: Italy always had a trade specialisation index which was well … above average. Apart from Italy, whose trade performance index decreased substantially, changes in the trade performance …

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 …