Local economies and internationalization in Italy
Subtitle: papers presented at the conference held in Bologna, 20 November 2003, University of Bologna, Faculty and Department of Statistics.
Contributors: Banca d'Italia.; Università di Bologna. Dipartimento di scienze statistiche.
Publisher: Banca d'Italia
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Rome, Italy]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Regional planning -- Italy.; Industrial policy -- Italy.; Industrial districts -- Italy.; Regionale ontwikkeling.; Internationalisatie.; Lokaal beleid.; Ruimtelijke aspecten.; Italy -- Economic conditions -- 1994- -- Regional disparities.; Italy -- Economic policy.; 4.660.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Introduction -- L. Signorini; value: Identifying the geographical agglomerations of manufacturing industries -- G. Iuzzolino; value: Local productive structures, spatial dependence and employment dynamics -- M. Pagnini; value: Identifying the sources of local and productivity growth -- F. Cingano and F. Schivardi; value: Models of the geographical diffusion of manufacturing in Italy -- G. Pellegrini; value: Measuring social capital: evidence from Italy -- G. Di Giacinto and G. Nuzzo; value: The role of institutional factors in fostering  the development of industrial districts in Italy -- V. Di Giacinto and G. Nuzzo; value: Labour market pooling: evidence from Italian industrial districts in Italy -- G. de Blasio and S. Di Addario; value: Social returns to education: evidence from Italian local market areas -- A. Dalmazzo and G. de Blasio; value: Industrial districts, agglomeration economies and FDI in Italy -- R. Bronzini; value: The internationalization of production and industrial districts: an analysis of Italy's foreign direct investments -- S. Federico; value: Sunk costs of export: a role for industrial districts -- M. Bugamelli and L. Infante; value: Linking Italy's banking and industry in Eastern Europe: industrial district outsourcing and bank FDI -- F. Farabullinin and G. Ferri; value: Bank internationalization and export propensity: an analysis on Italian provinces -- E. Berretta, S. Del Prete and S. Federico; value: The specialization of the districts: from typical final goods to machinery for making them?-- G. De Arcangelis and G. Ferri.