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No. 16 - The Chemical, Coal and Petroleum Products, and Rubber Industries in Italy's Regions, 1861-1913:Time-Series Estimates.

This paper presents time-series estimates of the output of chemicals and related products in post-Unification Italy, disaggregated by region and industry. In the large, one observes a growing concentration of production, accompanied by a northward shift. The star regional performers were Piedmont and Lombardy from the early 1870s to the early 1890s, and then, from the turn of the century, Liguria, Tuscany, and (thanks to its electrochemicals) Umbria. The Southern regions were leading producers at Unification; their output steadily increased, but at growth rates that fell short of the national average, and by 1913 their share of the total had been halved.