Foreword
Map: the Italian peninsula before unification (1848)
Map: Italy, present day
An overview of Italy's economic growth / Gianni Toniolo
Italy and the first age of globalization, 1861-1940 / Harold James and Kevin H. O'Rourke
The golden age and the second globalization in Italy / Nicholas Crafts and Marco Magnani
Italy, Germany, Japan: from economic miracles to virtual stagnation / Andrea Boltho
The Italian economy seen from abroad / Marcello de Cecco
National accounts, 1861-2011 / Alberto Baffigi
Productivity / Stephen N. Broadberry, Claire Giordano, and Francesco Zollino
Standards of living / Andrea Brandolini and Giovanni Vecchi
Human capital / Giuseppe Bertola and Paolo Sestito
Migrations / Matteo Gomellini and Cormac O. Grada
Democratization and civic capital / Luigi Guiso and Paolo Pinotti
A long-run perspective on comparative advantage / Giovanni Federico and Nikolaus Wolf
Real exchange rates, trade, and growth / Virginia Di Nino, Barry Eichengreen and Massimo Sbracia
Innovation and foreign technology / Federico Barbiellini Amidei, John Cantwell and Anna Spadavecchia
Old and new Italian manufacturing multinational firms / Giuseppe Berta, Fabrizio Onida and Mario Perugini
Techonology, firm size and entrepreneurship / Franco Amatori, Matteo Bugamelli and Andrea Colli
Resource allocation by the banking system / Stefano Battilossi, Alfredo Gigliobianco and Giuseppe Marinelli
Public debt and economic growth : Italy's first 150 years / Fabrizio Balassone, Maura Francese and Angelo Pace
Why the Italian administrative system is a source of competitive disadvantage / Magda Bianco and Giulio Napolitano
Regional convergence / Giovanni Iuzzolino, Guido Pellegrini and Gianfranco Viesti
Regional disparities : internal geography and external trade / Brian A'Hearn and Anthony J. Venables
Data appendix : Italy's national accounts (1861-2010) / Alberto Baffigi, Stephen N. Broadberry, Claire Giordano, Francesco Zollino
Index.