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The heterogeneity among European manufacturing systems has widened in the last 15 years under the competitive pressure of new industrial powers within and outside the EU boundaries and as a result of the 2008 global recession. This paper describes this transformation, in terms of the sectoral composition and the geographical concentration of industrial activities. It also analyses how cross-country differences in export performance, in the dynamics of domestic demand and in the exposure to low-cost import competition have contributed to the divergence in fortunes in European manufacturing.
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Livio Romano, Confi ndustria, Rome, Italy.
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Romano, L. Understanding Structural Divergence in European Manufacturing. Intereconomics 51, 288–294 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-016-0620-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-016-0620-0