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Characterizing the production process: A disaggregated analysis of Italian manufacturing firms

Bottazzi, Giulio; Grazzi, Marco; Secchi, Angelo - 2005

This paper provides a description of the production process by comparing different frameworks in which to analyze the relations between inputs and output. The analyses are performed on a representative sample of Italian manufacturing firms. We employ both parametric and non-parametric analysis....

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Wage structure in Italian manufacturing firms

Bottazzi, Giulio; Grazzi, Marco - 2007

This paper jointly considers some pieces of evidence regarding peculiarities of industries' structure which are often …

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Financial and economic determinants of firm default

Bottazzi, Giulio; Grazzi, Marco; Secchi, Angelo; … - 2009

This paper investigates the relevance of financial and economic variables as determinants of firm defaults. Our analysis is not limited to publicly traded companies but extends to a large sample of limited liability firms. We consider size, growth, profitability and productivity together with a...

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Wage structure in Italian manufacturing firms

Bottazzi, Giulio (contributor); Grazzi, Marco (contributor) - 2007

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Turbulence underneath the big calm? : exploring the micro-evidence behind the flat trend of manufacturing productivity in Italy

Dosi, Giovanni; Grazzi, Marco; Tomasi, Chiara; Zeli, … - 2010

Italy ranked last in terms of manufacturing productivity growth according to OECD estimates over the last decade with a flat, if not declining, trend. In this work we investigate the underlying firm-level dynamics of enterprises on the grounds of a database developed by the Italian Statistical...

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Financial and economic determinants of firm default

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Trade and profitability: is there an export premium? : evidence from Italian manufacturing firms

Grazzi, Marco - 2009

Using firm level data this study investigates the relation between export activity and firm’s profitability. The paper shows that, contrary to other performance indicators such as productivity, exporting activity is not systematically associated to higher firm’s profitability. This is shown...

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The speed and stability of price adjustment in Australian manufacturing

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Why is pollution from US manufacturing declining? : the roles of trade, regulation, productivity, and preferences

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