METALMAKING IN ITALY, 1861-1913: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TIME SERIES

Ciccarelli, Carlo and Fenoaltea, Stefano (2008): METALMAKING IN ITALY, 1861-1913: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TIME SERIES.

Abstract

This paper presents national and regional time-series estimates of metalmaking production in post-Unification Italy. The former broadly confirm their immediate predecessors; the latter are altogether new. The regional series evidence the industry's geographic concentration: the significant producers were Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Tuscany, Umbria, and Campania, but production per capita significantly exceeded the national average only in Liguria and, in the later years, in Umbria and Tuscany.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Subjects: N - Economic History > N6 - Manufacturing and Construction > N63 - Europe: Pre-1913; L - Industrial Organization > L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing > L61 - Metals and Metal Products ; Cement ; Glass ; Ceramics; N - Economic History > N1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics ; Industrial Structure ; Growth ; Fluctuations > N13 - Europe: Pre-1913

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