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Italian agri-food exports in the international arena

Bio-based and Applied Economics

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Title Italian agri-food exports in the international arena
 
Creator Carbone, Anna; University of Tuscia
Henke, Roberto; Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria -Italy
Pozzolo, Alberto F.; University of Molise
 
Subject exports’ elasticities; exports’ sophistication; Made in Italy; world demand
Q17; F14
 
Description The aim of the paper is to highlight the positioning of the so-called Made in Italy agro-food exports in foreign markets considering global world tendencies as well as country specific trends. Besides, we aim at disentangling the role of product quality from price competition as a driver of competitive advantages.To these ends, the work combines two different methodologies, applied in three steps. First, we estimate the elasticities of Italian exports, with respect to world imports, Italian export prices and the competitors’ prices. Second, an index of the sophistication of exports’ flows that captures the role of quality in global competition is calculated. Third, the estimated elasticities are compared with the changes in the sophistication levels.Results allow for product-specific trends to stem out from the overall picture. Exports’ performance varies according to the type of product and to the degree of market completion. Although, the Made In Italy aggregate seems overall competitive, the analysis pinpoints some drawbacks in the positioning of some products in the world arena. Focus on wine and on olive oil, two major Italian exporting sectors, helps in understanding the potential of the joint methodology adopted.
 
Publisher Bio-based and Applied Economics
Bio-based and Applied Economics
 
Contributor Coldiretti-Gruppo 2013
 
Date 2014-10-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
text/html
 
Identifier http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/view/14196
http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/download/14196/15149
http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/download/14196/15180
10.13128/BAE-14196
 
Source Bio-based and Applied Economics; Vol 4, No 1 (2015); 55-75
Bio-based and Applied Economics; Vol 4, No 1 (2015); 55-75
2280-6172
2280-6180
 
Language eng
 
Relation 10.13128/BAE-14196
10.13128/BAE-14196