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The transformation of local production systems

The conference on "The transformation of local production systems", organized by the Bank of Italy and the Department of Economics, University of Bologna, has been held on 31 January and 1 February, 2012, in Bologna, at the Faculty of Economics.

The conference looked at the characteristics and evolution of local production systems in Italy in relation to the profound changes and the large external shocks of the last fifteen years. The conference ended with a round table with representatives of firms, banks and public institutions.

Programme

SESSION: AGGLOMERATION AND PRODUCTIVITY

Le agglomerazioni industriali italiane: peculiarità strutturali nel confronto internazionale
Demetrio Alampi, Laura Conti, Giovanni Iuzzolino, Daniela Mele

Mapping local productivity advantages in Italy: industrial districts, cities or both?
Valter Di Giacinto, Matteo Gomellini, Giacinto Micucci, Marcello Pagnini
Discussion: Carlo Altomonte (Università Bocconi)

Local productivity differences through thick and thin: market size, entry costs and openness to trade
Antonio Accetturo, Valter Di Giacinto, Giacinto Micucci, Marcello Pagnini
Discussion: Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics)

Marshallian labour market pooling: evidence from Italy
Monica Andini, Guido de Blasio, Gilles Duranton, William C. Strange
Discussion: Giacomo Calzolari (Università di Bologna)

SESSION: INNOVATION AND SKILLS

Skill upgrading and trade in Italian manufacturing
Antonio Accetturo, Matteo Bugamelli, Andrea Lamorgese
Discussion: Davide Castellani (Università di Perugia)

Entrepreneurship and market size. The case of young college graduates in Italy
Sabrina Di Addario, Daniela Vuri
Discussion: Massimo Del Gatto (Università Chieti e Pescara)

Geographic proximity and technological transfer in Italy
Davide Fantino, Alessandra Mori, Diego Scalise
Discussion: Maria Elena Bontempi (Università Bologna)

SESSION: BANKS, NETWORKS, AND LOCAL ECONOMIES

Financing R&D investments: relationship lending or financial markets?
Giacinto Micucci, Paola Rossi
Discussion: Alberto Zazzaro (Università delle Marche)

A known unknown? Networks of firms and access to credit in Italy
Daniele Coin, Luigi Infante, Giorgio Nuzzo, Matteo Piazza
Discussion: Gabriella Chiesa (Università di Bologna)

Does your neighbour know you better? Local banks and credit tightening in the financial crisis
Giorgia Barboni, Carlotta Rossi
Discussion: Zeno Rotondi (Unicredit)

SESSION: FIRMS AND SUPPLY CHAINS BETWEEN GLOBALIZATION AND THE CRISIS

Le imprese italiane tra crisi e nuova globalizzazione
Antonio Accetturo, Anna Giunta, Salvatore Rossi
Discussion: Sergio De Nardis (Nomisma)

Le trasformazioni del sistema produttivo italiano: le cooperative
Chiara Bentivogli, Eliana Viviano
Discussion: Patrizia Battilani (Università di Bologna)

Indotto Fiat o Motor City? La filiera dell'auto torinese di fronte alle nuove catene globali del valore
Luciana Aimone Gigio, Roberto Cullino, Cristina Fabrizi, Andrea Linarello, Andrea Orame

I distretti tradizionali di fronte alla globalizzazione. Il caso dell'industria calzaturiera marchigiana
Eleonora Cutrini, Giacinto Micucci, Pasqualino Montanaro
Discussion: Anna Giunta (Università Roma Tre)

Local effects of manufacturing employment growth in Italy
Guido de Blasio, Carlo Menon
Discussion: Roberto Golinelli (Università di Bologna)