abstract: 'Italy''s economic development since its unification in 1861 has been

  characterized by extensive regional inequality. Northern regions were

  the frontrunners of modern industrialization in the late 19th century,

  while southern regions never closed the gap. New Economic Geography

  (NEG) proposes market access as the main driver of regional income

  differentials. But is its effect homogeneous across regions? The NEG

  hypothesis is here for the first time considered for the north and the

  south of Italy separately in the period 1871-1911. Following previous

  work by the author, both domestic and total market potentials are taken

  into account as possible drivers of regional gross domestic product

  (GDP) per capita. The results differ for the two macro-areas: in the

  south, both market potentials have a strong role in determining the

  levels of GDP per capita, but they do not affect the growth rates from

  period to period; and in the north, only domestic market potential is

  significant in both levels and growth rates. These results point to

  different dynamics at the sub-national level that should be further

  qualified by extending the analysis from the NUTS-2 to the NUTS-3 level.

  The policy implication is that market-oriented measures might not be

  effective for the most disadvantaged regions before other prerequisites

  for growth are achieved.'
affiliation: Missiaia, A (Corresponding Author), Lund Univ, Econ Hist Dept, Lund,
  Skane, Sweden.
author: Missiaia, Anna
author-email: anna.missiaia@ekh.lu.se
author_list:
- family: Missiaia
  given: Anna
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/21681376.2019.1578256
files: []
issn: 2168-1376
journal: REGIONAL STUDIES REGIONAL SCIENCE
keywords: 'New Economic Geography; Italian regions; regional inequality; historical

  economic geography; market potential; regional gross domestic product'
language: English
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '14'
orcid-numbers: Missiaia, Anna/0000-0002-4872-1865
pages: 92-100
papis_id: 137447f661c37946c463451a809e1c61
ref: Missiaia2019onemarket
times-cited: '2'
title: One market fits all? Market access and the origins of the Italian north-south
  divide
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000469969300001
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usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '6'
web-of-science-categories: Geography
year: '2019'