German and Italian manufacturing performances: a premise to a comparison

Journal title ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE
Author/s Alessandro Arrighetti, Augusto Ninni
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/2 Language English
Pages 12 P. 5-16 File size 103 KB
DOI 10.3280/POLI2012-002001
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This Special Issue of Economia e Politica Industriale/Journal of Industrial and Business Economics seeks to shed light on the reasons for the economic and industrial gap between Germany and Italy based on the discussions of five research papers. The contributions compare the microeconomic features of the two countries and investigate the competitiveness and internationalization of their economies. This introduction provides the readers with a structural overview to enable them to better understand the comparison, underscoring the few similarities and the main basic differences that characterize the two countries. It also provides a summary of the topics discussed in each of the five articles and reflects on why we believe the contributions offer an original reflection on the topic.

Keywords: Manufacturing industries, international trade, human capital, internationalization processes, industrial policy, Germany, Italy

Jel codes: F14, L25, L52

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Alessandro Arrighetti, Augusto Ninni, German and Italian manufacturing performances: a premise to a comparison in "ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE " 2/2012, pp 5-16, DOI: 10.3280/POLI2012-002001