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Trade liberalization and domestic suppliers: evidence from Chile

Linarello, Andrea - Banca d'Italia - 2014

I examine the effect of reducing export tariffs on the productivity of domestic suppliers of exporting firms. Using a …) increases the productivity of intermediate input suppliers by 1.5 percent. The increase in productivity among domestic suppliers … accounts for 22.5 percent of aggregate productivity gains. I find that tariff cuts induce firms to acquire new machinery and …

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Industry in the South of Italy and the crisis

Bronzini, Raffaello; Cannari, Luigi; Staderini, Alessandra - Banca d'Italia - 2013

In the last decade, and especially in the course of the recent global economic slowdown, the gap between southern and northern industry has widened. Industrial investment and employment decreased more sharply in the South than in the rest of Italy, and the contribution of the southern regions to...

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Productivity and foreign competition

Bugamelli, Matteo; Rosolia, Alfonso - Banca d'Italia - 2006

development. The relation between the developing countriesï¿½ market shares and sectoral productivity in Italy, both disaggregated …

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Ingredients for the New Economy: How Much does finance matter?

Bugamelli, Matteo; Pagano, Patrizio; Francesco Paternï¿½ - Banca d'Italia - 2001

Both macro and (still scarce) micro evidence support the idea that a new economy is emerging in the US, not (yet) in Europe. Some have argued that the inadequacies of Europeï¿½s financial system are an important part of the explanation. This paper, after surveying the existing literature on...

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Barriers to investment in ICT

Bugamelli, Matteo; Pagano, Patrizio - Banca d'Italia - 2001

We investigate the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Italian manufacturing using microdata. We find a positive correlation at firm level between ICT investment, human capital of the labor force and reorganization. Starting from row data, we build a measure of ICT...

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Water services in Italy: implementation of the reform and efficiency of providers

Benvenuti, Michele; Gennari, Elena - Banca d'Italia - 2008

The paper investigates the organization of the Italian water sector in the light of the reforms of public utilities. The aim is to examine the degree of implementation of the water sector reform (the so-called Galli Law of 1994) and assess the performance of operators through a study of their...

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Employment, innovation, and productivity: Evidence from italian microdata

Hall, Bronwyn H.; Lotti, Francesca; Mairesse, Jacques - Banca d'Italia - 2007

presents some empirical evidence on the effects of innovation on employment growth and therefore on firmsï¿½ productivity with …

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Innovation and productivity in SMEs. Empirical evidence for Italy

Hall, Bronwyn H.; Lotti, Francesca; Mairesse, Jacques - Banca d'Italia - 2009

success from firm surveys along with the usual R&D expenditures and productivity measures. We then apply the model to data on … firmï¿½s productivity, especially process innovation. Among SMEs, larger and older firms seem to be less productive. …

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Evidence on the impact of R&D and ICT investment on innovation and productivity in Italian firms

Hall, Bronwyn H.; Lotti, Francesca; Mairesse, Jacques - Banca d'Italia - 2012

include ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs of innovation and productivity. We find that R&D and ICT are both … strongly associated with innovation and productivity, with R&D being more important for innovation and ICT for productivity. We …

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The Italian industrial system between globalization and crisis

Accetturo, Antonio; Bassanetti, Antonio; Bugamelli, Matteo - Banca d'Italia - 2013

significant economies of scale (electronic products and motor vehicles). Our study links unsatisfactory productivity gains and the …

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