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: 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; Economic conditions; Regional disparities; Industrial policy; Industrial districts; Economic policy
Notes: Paper originally presented at a conference entitled "Economie locali, modelli di agglomerazione e apertura internazionale."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- L. Signorini; title: Identifying the geographical agglomerations of manufacturing industries  -- G. Iuzzolino; title: Local productive structures, spatial dependence and employment dynamics -- M. Pagnini; title: Identifying the sources of local and productivity growth  -- F. Cingano and F. Schivardi; title: Models of the geographical diffusion of manufacturing in Italy  -- G. Pellegrini; title: Measuring social capital: evidence from Italy  -- G. Di Giacinto and G. Nuzzo; title: The role of institutional factors in fostering  the development of industrial districts in Italy  -- V. Di Giacinto and G. Nuzzo; title: Labour market pooling: evidence from Italian industrial districts in Italy  -- G. de Blasio and S. Di Addario; title: Social returns to education: evidence from Italian local market areas  -- A. Dalmazzo and G. de Blasio; title: Industrial districts, agglomeration economies and FDI in Italy  -- R. Bronzini; title: The internationalization of production and industrial districts: an analysis of Italy's foreign direct investments  -- S. Federico; title: Sunk costs of export: a role for industrial districts  -- M. Bugamelli and L. Infante; title: Linking Italy's banking and industry in Eastern Europe: industrial district outsourcing and bank FDI  -- F. Farabullinin and G. Ferri; title: Bank internationalization and export propensity: an analysis on Italian provinces  -- E. Berretta, S. Del Prete and S. Federico; title: The specialization of the districts: from typical final goods to machinery for making them? -- G. De Arcangelis and G. Ferri