Regional and National Industrial Policies in Italy, 1950s-1993. Where Did the Subsidies Flow?" [PDF]
This paper compares the magnitude and distribution of regional subsidies to Southern industry to those of subsidies available in the country as a whole through the national industrial policy.
Anna Spadavecchia
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The Evolution of Trade and Technological in the Italian regions [PDF]
The deepening of the integration process with the acceleration of the Single European Market (SEM), the forthcoming adoption of a single currency together with the political plans of eastwards enlargement of the European Union (EU%29 rise problems of ...
Simona Iammarino, Grazia D. Santangelo
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RATIONAL UNDERDEVELOPMENT [PDF]
We propose a two-region two-sector model of uneven development,where technological change benefits either the lagging or the leading region. Inthis framework inter-regional transfers may lead to persistentunderdevelopment; by raising wages, transfers ...
Klaus Desmet, Ignacio Ortuño Ortín
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Corruption and Public Expenditure in Italian Mezzogiorno [PDF]
This paper is divided in two parts. The first, exposes a review ofthe empirical literature on the italian economy and particularly on the Italian Mezzogiorno dealing with the relationship between government expenditure in public works, corruption, and ...
Ferdinando Ofria, Mario Centorrino
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Labour productivity, ict and regions. the resurgence of the italian "dualism"? [PDF]
Among the reasons underlying the slow economic convergence of some regions towards the national and the European Union average, the strong gap in technological endowment and innovation capacity has been indicated as one of the most important factors. The
Simona Iammarino +2 more
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Le politiche di sviluppo nel Sud dell’Italia rivisitate: storia d’impresa e conti regionali relativi all’intervento della "Cassa per il Mezzogiorno" [PDF]
, 2013 Recent studies suggest that the only convergence of Southern Italy towards the Italian and European average, from 1951 to 1973, was due to the massive regional policy pursued trough the State-owned agency “Cassa per il Mezzogiorno” (1950-1984).
Felice E., LEPORE, Amedeo
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Un Américain à la découverte de l’Italie : Alan Lomax et la voix du Mezzogiorno (1954-1955)
Laboratoire ItalienThis article delves into the work of American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax during his expedition to Italy in the 1950s to document traditional music in collaboration with Diego Carpitella.
Ugo Russo
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The Mezzogiorno and Italian economic policy [PDF]
The volume brings together the papers presented at the Conference on "The Mezzogiorno and Italian economic policy " held in Rome on 26 November, 2009. The analysis focuses on social capital, the difficulties that businesses face in working in the South ...
Daniele Franco (editor) +1 more
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Regional value added in Italy over the long run (1891-2001): linking indirect estimates with official figures, and implications [PDF]
This paper presents value added estimates for the Italian regions, in benchmark years from 1891 until 1951, which are linked to those from official figures available from 1971 in order to offer a long-term picture.
Emanuele Felice
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Opposite Universes. A Focus on the Ideological Polarization of the Italian Electorate
Partecipazione e ConflittoThe morphological character of ideologies is closely related to the context in which they manifest themselves (Freeden, 2008). Furthermore, political polarisation is the tendency for the concentration of political supply mainly around two opposing poles (
Melissia Mongiardo, Marco Palmieri
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