Behind the Italian Regional Divide: An Economic Fitness and Complexity Perspective

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Main author: Sbardella, Angelica
Other authors: Zaccaria, Andrea
Pietronero, Luciano
Scaramozzino, Pasquale
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id eprints-36084
recordtype eprints
institution SOAS, University of London
collection SOAS Research Online
language English
language_search English
topic H Social Sciences (General)
HA Statistics
description This paper applies the Economic Fitness and Complexity approach to analyse the underlying factors behind the wide and persistent economic disparities across the Italian regional units. Measures of regional fitness are obtained from their revealed comparative advantage and from their patent performance. It is shown that Southern regions tend to be characterised by a lower level of complexity than the regions in the Centre-North of the country. We interpret these results as indicating a lower level of capability endowment in the South. The system-wide approach of the paper is able to identify some critical sectors which display a rich pattern of connections with other sectors and which could play a pivotal role to create additional capabilities and foster a more balanced regional development.
format Journal Article
author Sbardella, Angelica
author_facet Sbardella, Angelica
Zaccaria, Andrea
Pietronero, Luciano
Scaramozzino, Pasquale
authorStr Sbardella, Angelica
author_letter Sbardella, Angelica
author2 Zaccaria, Andrea
Pietronero, Luciano
Scaramozzino, Pasquale
author2Str Zaccaria, Andrea
Pietronero, Luciano
Scaramozzino, Pasquale
title Behind the Italian Regional Divide: An Economic Fitness and Complexity Perspective
publisher INAPP - Istituto per l'analisi delle politiche pubbliche
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/36084/

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