Italy's economic stagnation is a matter of fiscal, national, and European concern. Since a good remedy requires an … Italy's recent economic record, the paper reviews three families of explanations: "unwillingness to reform" accounts … this synthesis, the paper argues that Italy's recent stagnation can be traced back to two key moments: first, a failed …

at a time-varying VAR model of Italy’s relative performance compared with the rest of the euro area, spanning from 1976 …

hypothesis (TLGH). The cases under analysis are Spain and Italy, two of the most important countries worldwide regarding the …