The paper reports the empirical results of the validation of the Stochastic Production Frontier (SPF) Model to an unbalanced panel comprising a crosssection of 8 manufacturing industries over a time span of 26 years The results provide insights on the repercussions of the macro-economic reform...

This paper examines the determinants of Italian intra-industry trade in horizontally and vertically differentiated products. The dataset used eliminates the effects linked to the hypothesis of homogeneity both between countries − when specific industry characteristics are analysed − and...