Cristiano Antonelli, Federico Barbiellini Amidei, The Dynamics of Knowledge Externalities. Localised Technological Change in Italy, Edward Elgar (2011), 224 p.

In their outstanding book Antonelli et Barbiellini Amideo (ABA thereafter) offer two perspectives which have different aims (although complementary): 1) providing materials to explain the rate and the direction of economic growth in Italy, 2) in the context of Italian economy building a theoretical frame which enables to assess how Technological Change can fuel economic growth, or how Knowledge creation affects Wealth production. The two parts of the book are different as far as methodology i...