Ship building and repairing in Italy, 1861-1913: national and regional time series

Ciccarelli, Carlo and Fenoaltea, Stefano (2008): Ship building and repairing in Italy, 1861-1913: national and regional time series.

Abstract

This paper presents the first comprehensive national and regional time-series estimates for ship building and repairing in post-Unification Italy. The path of the national aggregate differs markedly from the extant series, which cover merchant new-construction alone. The regional estimates point to considerable concentration: Liguria accounted for more than half the product, and Campania for almost another quarter. In Liguria, too, this sector represented up to a quarter of total industrial production; elsewhere, and nationally, it was barely significant.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Italy, ship building industry, national and regional value added, 1861-1913
• Subjects: N - Economic History > N6 - Manufacturing and Construction > N63 - Europe: Pre-1913; N - Economic History > N9 - Regional and Urban History > N93 - Europe: Pre-1913

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