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 …

that Italy displays a specialization pattern more similar to the one of emerging economies than to the one of countries of … has been rapidly changing with Italy becoming increasingly more competitive and specialized in products that are …

Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson predictions. Our focus here is on Italy, which represents, in our opinion, an appropriate case study …. As for local trade -within its own cone of diversification- Italy is specialized in the production of unskill …