policy shocks on 21 manufacturing industries in 5 OECD countries (France, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US). The goal is …

: trade and foreign direct investments. We study the extent to which, through these channels, research and development …

The fall in employment and the increase in unemployment rates in Italy in 2009 were fairly modest, given the sharp drop … caution, however. Firstly, employment trends as measured by Italian labour force survey may understate the decline in total … employment if, as seems plausible, a lag exists between the entry of immigrants into the country and their registration. Secondly …

This paper investigates the markup of price over marginal cost in Italian manufacturing branches. The approach used is … contradictory evidence regarding the whole manufacturing sector reported in the literature. At sectoral level, industry …

theoretical literature the relationship between direct investment and trade is not certain apriori: some works emphasize their … transfer production phases to low-wage countries, to circumvent trade barriers, to acquire natural or technological resources …

The paper proposes a two-country general equilibrium model of endogenous growth and trade between two regions, North …