Mauro, Luciano; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2023
(NRRP) on the persistent North-South productivity gap. Our model underscores public investment as a catalyst for sustained …, decentralization weakens the NRRP's impact on the relative position of the South. However, even under our best scenario - centralized … management - the NRRP only slightly reduces the NorthSouth productivity gap from 75% to 76.4%. Finally, our research highlights …
