Internal Geography and External Trade: regional disparities in Italy, 1861-2011.

This paper explores the interactions between external trade and regional disparities in the Italian economy since unification. It argues that the advantage of the North was initially based on natural advantage (in particular the endowment of water, intensive in silk production). From 1880 onwards...

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Main Authors: A'Hearn, B, Venables, A
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 2011