Title: The Italian Government's industrial policies in the automotive sector

Authors: Matteo Gaddi; Nadia Garbellini

Addresses: Fondazione Claudio Sabattini, Via Guglielmo Marconi 69, Bologna, Italy ' Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Largo Sant'Eufemia 19, Modena, Italy

Abstract: The automotive industry is undergoing a dramatic structural change that are potentially harbingers of serious industrial and employment consequences, calling for prompt and effective public intervention. It is necessary to determine what type of public intervention needs to be implemented and for what objectives. The focus of the present paper is Italy. Starting from a description of the evolution of production and employment levels in the last 30 years, it aims to analyse the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, singling out the measures that might affect the sector. Secondly, the papers deal with the FCA-PSA merger and Stellantis industrial plant and its consequences for Italy's industrial structure and employment levels. The aim of the paper is to analyse the Italian Government's industrial policies and highlight that these policies do not seem able to address the problems of the automotive sector.

Keywords: electric vehicles; Italian automotive industry; Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan; Stellantis; industrial policy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJATM.2023.129640

International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 2023 Vol.23 No.1, pp.22 - 41

Received: 17 Sep 2022
Accepted: 12 Oct 2022
Published online: 17 Mar 2023 *