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Dependency or subsidization? An input-output analysis of the interconnectedness of regional growth models in Italy

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  • Di Carlo, Donato
  • Hadziabdic, Sinisa
  • Baccaro, Lucio

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This article demonstrates the applicability of the growth model framework at the regional level. Focusing on Italy as a paradigmatic case of persistent regional inequalities, we test two theories of center-periphery relations between Northern and Southern Italy: the dependency theory and the subsidization theory. Using EUREGIO regional input-output tables between 2000 and 2007, we decompose the GDP and GDP growth of Italian regions into final demand components and economic sectors. The results highlight the importance of distinguishing between static and dynamic analyses. The former reveal a greater reliance of the economy of the Southern regions on the public sector, corroborating the subsidization perspective. By contrast, the latter indicate that in 2000–2007 Southern Italy’s GDP growth was driven by low value-added exports to Northern regions, buttressing the Gramscian dependency argument. We link changes in regional growth models to the impact of EU fiscal policy rules.

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  • Di Carlo, Donato & Hadziabdic, Sinisa & Baccaro, Lucio, 2026. "Dependency or subsidization? An input-output analysis of the interconnectedness of regional growth models in Italy," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 137567, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:137567
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    • P51 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R15 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Econometric and Input-Output Models; Other Methods

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