This work provides an empirical assessment of the 'sophistication' of the Italian international specialization pattern and of its evolution during the period 1980-2000. In particular we analyse the well-known Italian trade 'anomaly' combining the information coming from the PRODY index (Hausmann...

This work provides an empirical assessment of the 'sophistication' of the Italian international specialization pattern and of its evolution during the period 1980 - 2000. In particular, we discuss the Italian 'anomaly', i.e. the evidence that Italy displays a specialization pattern more similar...

<span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">This work provides an empirical assessment of the 'sophistication' of the Italian international</span><span style="font-size: 10pt">specialization pattern and of its evolution during the period 1980</span><em><span style="font-size: 10pt">¡</span></em><span style="font-size: 10pt">2000. In particular we analyse</span><span style="font-size: 10pt">the well-known Italian trade 'anomaly' combining the information coming from the PRODY index</span><span style="font-size: 10pt">(Hausmann...</span></span>

This study offers a quantitative assessment of the international specialization of Italy in view of the evolving patterns of international trade over the period 1980-2000. The analysis is based upon the co-evolution of the PRODY index, recently proposed in Hausmann et al. (2005), together with...

This work provides an empirical assessment of the ’sophistication’ of the Italian international specialization pattern and of its evolution during the period 1980−2000. In particular we discuss the Italian ’anomaly’, i.e. the evidence that Italy displays a specialization pattern more...