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The Oxford handbook of the Italian economy since unification / edited by Gianni Toniolo.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Toniolo, Gianni, 1942-
Series:
Oxford handbooks.
Oxford handbooks
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Italy--Economic policy.
Italy.
Italy--Economic conditions.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 785 p.) : maps.
Other Title:
Italian economy since unification
Place of Publication:
New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
'The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy Since Unification' provides, for the first time, a comprehensive, quantitative 'new economic history' of Italy.
Contents:
Foreword
Map: the Italian peninsula before unification (1848)
Map: Italy, present day
An overview of Italy's economic growth / Gianni Toniolo
Italy and the first age of globalization, 1861-1940 / Harold James and Kevin H. O'Rourke
The golden age and the second globalization in Italy / Nicholas Crafts and Marco Magnani
Italy, Germany, Japan: from economic miracles to virtual stagnation / Andrea Boltho
The Italian economy seen from abroad / Marcello de Cecco
National accounts, 1861-2011 / Alberto Baffigi
Productivity / Stephen N. Broadberry, Claire Giordano, and Francesco Zollino
Standards of living / Andrea Brandolini and Giovanni Vecchi
Human capital / Giuseppe Bertola and Paolo Sestito
Migrations / Matteo Gomellini and Cormac O. Grada
Democratization and civic capital / Luigi Guiso and Paolo Pinotti
A long-run perspective on comparative advantage / Giovanni Federico and Nikolaus Wolf
Real exchange rates, trade, and growth / Virginia Di Nino, Barry Eichengreen and Massimo Sbracia
Innovation and foreign technology / Federico Barbiellini Amidei, John Cantwell and Anna Spadavecchia
Old and new Italian manufacturing multinational firms / Giuseppe Berta, Fabrizio Onida and Mario Perugini
Techonology, firm size and entrepreneurship / Franco Amatori, Matteo Bugamelli and Andrea Colli
Resource allocation by the banking system / Stefano Battilossi, Alfredo Gigliobianco and Giuseppe Marinelli
Public debt and economic growth : Italy's first 150 years / Fabrizio Balassone, Maura Francese and Angelo Pace
Why the Italian administrative system is a source of competitive disadvantage / Magda Bianco and Giulio Napolitano
Regional convergence / Giovanni Iuzzolino, Guido Pellegrini and Gianfranco Viesti
Regional disparities : internal geography and external trade / Brian A'Hearn and Anthony J. Venables
Data appendix : Italy's national accounts (1861-2010) / Alberto Baffigi, Stephen N. Broadberry, Claire Giordano, Francesco Zollino
Index.
Notes:
Series from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780199971480
019997148X
9780199936700
0199936706

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