Innovation, Structural Change and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Italian Regions, 1980-2003

Posted: 31 Aug 2009

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Francesco Quatraro

University of Torino - Department of Economics; Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis; BRICK - Collegio Carlo Alberto

Date Written: September 2009

Abstract

This paper develops a Schumpeterian approach to structural change, by grafting the role of business cycles and creative destruction into the growth retardation theory. The context of the empirical analysis is represented by the growth path of 20 Italian regions over the period 1981-2003, in the light of the transition towards the knowledge-based economy. The results strongly support our hypotheses: (i) early-industrialised areas are fully involved in the generalised movement towards the knowledge-based economy; (ii) due to the delayed expansion of manufacturing activities in late-industrialised areas, productivity growth and innovation takes place within manufacturing sectors.

Keywords: Structural change, Growth retardation, Innovation, Regional productivity growth

JEL Classification: O33, R11

Suggested Citation

Quatraro, Francesco, Innovation, Structural Change and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Italian Regions, 1980-2003 (September 2009). Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 33, Issue 5, pp. 1001-1022, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1463176 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cje/ben063

Francesco Quatraro (Contact Author)

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Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis ( email )

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BRICK - Collegio Carlo Alberto ( email )

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