This study examined the distribution of new firm formation in New England from 1999 through 2009. Using discrete entropy and entropy decomposition, it was found that single-unit firm births are spatially dispersed. The distributional patterns do not vary substantially across the study period....

The creative economy is a holistic and multidisciplinary concept that deals with the interaction between economics, culture and technology, and centred on the production of creative contents in goods and services. One of the most relevant dimensions of creativity is the territorial one. Despite...

In this paper the link between labour market flexibility and innovation is analysed paying particular attention to the different technological regimes of economic activities and the different geographical areas of the Italian economy. A dynamic panel data specification is used to assess the...

We test the hypothesis that higher economic development is associated with lower trade costs. Using different methods to control for multilateral resistance, we apply two alternative gravity equations (GE). In the first, we estimate total exports from 103 Italian provinces to 188 countries over...

In this paper, we investigate the process of entry and exit of Italian manufacturing firms in relationship with characteristics of Italian provinces, at the NUTS 3-digit, with a focus on the productivity distributions of incumbent firms. We find a higher churning of firms, both entry and exit,...

This report explores the spatial dimension of productivity in the co-operatives of Italy, a country where they make up a relatively large share of total national employment. Co-operatives play a countercyclical role in job creation during crises. In a post-pandemic world, they could make a major...

Article originally published in the volume 58 issue 232 of Moneta e Credito, 2005, pp. 109-53.In questo lavoro analizziamo la nuova geografia del sistema bancario italiano che si è determinata in seguito al processo di integrazione delle strutture bancarie negli ultimi anni. L'analisi...

In 150 years, the trends in regional disparities in economic development within Italy have differed depending on whether they are gauged by longitude or by latitude. The disparities between western and eastern regions first widened and then closed; the North-South gap, by contrast, remains the...