Autori
Rabellotti, Roberta
Amighini, Alessia

Titolo
THE INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIZATION PATTERNS OF THE ITALIAN LOCAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: CONCENTRATION OR DIVERSIFICATION?
Periodico
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale 'A. Avogadro' : Facoltà di Economia - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi "SEMEQ" - Quaderni
Anno: 2007 - Volume: 07 - Fascicolo: 30 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 31

We study the evolution of specialization patterns of the Italian provinces over 1995-2005 by analyzing the dynamics of the sectoral distribution of the Balassa index of revealed comparative advantages for several manufacturing sectors. Our results show that behind a relatively stable distribution of national comparative advantages over time, there are wide variations in local performances: only a few provinces strengthened their specialization patterns over the last decade, while the majority of them slightly weakened their specialization patterns. We also find a higher average degree of persistence for district provinces, but no systematic differences between provinces with and without industrial districts. We find a variety of behaviour for provinces with industrial districts in the footwear,textiles and clothing and machinery industries: a few of them are concentrating on their past comparative strengths, while many others are changing their specialization patterns.



Testo completo: http://semeq.unipmn.it/files/quaderno%2030%20completo.pdf

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