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Regional and National Industrial Policies in Italy, 1950s-1993. Where Did the Subsidies Flow?"

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  • Anna Spadavecchia

    (Department of Management, University of Reading)

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This paper compares the magnitude and distribution of regional subsidies to Southern industry to those of subsidies available in the country as a whole through the national industrial policy. The comparison highlights the fact that from the second half of the 1970s, industry located in the most prosperous region of Italy, the North-West, was the main beneficiary of subsidised credit. These findings refine our understanding of the regional policy for Southern Italy and the reasons for its limited achievements. Moreover, the redirection of subsidies away from the South cast doubts on the extent of the Italian government's commitment to its programme of regional development.

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  • Anna Spadavecchia, 2007. "Regional and National Industrial Policies in Italy, 1950s-1993. Where Did the Subsidies Flow?"," Economics Discussion Papers em-dp2007-48, Department of Economics, University of Reading.
    • Handle: RePEc:rdg:emxxdp:em-dp2007-48
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    1. Colli, Andrea & Rinaldi, Alberto, 2015. "Institutions, Politics, and the Corporate Economy," Enterprise & Society, Cambridge University Press, vol. 16(2), pages 249-269, June.
    2. Felice, Emanuele, 2009. "Regional value added in Italy (1891-2001) : estimates, elaborations," IFCS - Working Papers in Economic History.WH wp09-08, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Figuerola.
    3. De Matteis, Domenico & Ishizaka, Alessio & Resce, Giuliano, 2019. "The ‘postcode lottery’ of the Italian public health bill analysed with the hierarchy Stochastic Multiobjective Acceptability Analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    4. Emanuele Felice & Amedeo Lepore, 2017. "State intervention and economic growth in Southern Italy: the rise and fall of the ‘Cassa per il Mezzogiorno’ (1950–1986)," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 59(3), pages 319-341, April.
    5. Greco, Salvatore & Ishizaka, Alessio & Matarazzo, Benedetto & Torrisi, Gianpiero, 2015. "Stochastic Multiattribute Acceptability Analysis: an application to the ranking of Italian regions," MPRA Paper 68508, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Regional policy; Industrial policy; Regional pattern of government spending;
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    JEL classification:

    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • N94 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Europe: 1913-

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