La dinamica degli incentivi industriali della Cassa per il Mezzogiorno nell'analisi dei suoi bilanci

The most recent interpretations of the Italian economic history during the second part of the twentieth century show how the growth and development achieved in the golden age was accompanied by limits and contradictions destined to influence the evolution of the following years. In this context, the dynamic of the regional gap is a constituent part of the path followed by the country in the last sixty years. The aim of this contribution is to underline some aspects of the support provided to the development of the southern industrial sector by the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno between 1950 and 1984, through the study of the institution's annual financial statements. The Cassa's support appears useful to guarantee investments in fixed capital and productivity increases, especially in the first phase of the institution's activity, from its foundation until the end of the golden age. [Publisher's text].