Firm Size Dynamics in an Industrial District: The Mover-Stayer Model in Action

Fabrizio Cipollini, Camilla Ferretti, Piero Ganugi

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Abstract

In the last decade, the District of Prato (an important industrial area in the neighborhood of Florence, Italy) suffered a deep shrinkage of exports and added value of the textile industry, the core of its economy. In this paper we aim to investigate if such a crisis entailed a firm downsizing (evaluated as number of employees) of the same industry and, possibly, of the overall economy of the District. For this purpose we use the Mover Stayer Model. Data are represented by two panels from ASIA-ISTAT data. The main results of the analysis are that: (1) the textile industry is affected by a relevant downsizing of the firm size; (2) such a process takes place through a slightly changed level of concentration; (3) the mentioned changes does not seem to spread to the overall economy.
Lingua originaleEnglish
Titolo della pubblicazione ospiteAdvanced Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Large Data-Sets
Pagine443-452
Numero di pagine10
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2012
EventoConvegno intermedio SIS 2009 - Pescara
Durata: 23 giu 201225 giu 2012

Serie di pubblicazioni

NomeSTUDIES IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED STATISTICS

Convegno

ConvegnoConvegno intermedio SIS 2009
CittàPescara
Periodo23/6/1225/6/12

Keywords

  • Mover stayer model
  • firm size

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