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The protection of industrial inventions: analysis of the regulation and policy evaluation.
Sabbatini, Daniele - Banca d'Italia - 2011
dynamic competition between Italian firms. At the national level the exclusive allocation of the right to patent inventions to … system of protection (provision of a single patent that is valid in all Member States, the abolition of translation … German), to make it easier for competitors to know which is the valid version of the patent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386398
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Matching of PATSTAT applications to AIDA firms: discussion of the methodology and results
Lotti, Francesca; Marin, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2013
European Patent Office from the PATSTAT database. The need to match data on patent applications with balance-sheet information … stems from the importance of patent statistics as a source of information on the innovative performance of firms. Starting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105127
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The effect of the Uruguay Round on the intensive and extensive margins of trade
Buono, Ines; Lalanne, Guy - Banca d'Italia - 2010
Do tariffs inhibit trade flows by limiting the entry of exporting firms (`extensive margin') or by restricting the average volume exported by each firm (`intensive margin')? Using a gravity equation approach, we analyze how the decrease in tariffs promoted during the 1990s by the Uruguay Round...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008582223
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Inward foreign direct investment and innovation: evidence from Italian provinces
Antonietti, Roberto; Bronzini, Raffaello; Cainelli, Giulio - Banca d'Italia - 2015
This paper investigates empirically whether inward greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) is related to greater sectorial innovation in the host Italian provinces. We combine several sources of data to estimate panel count models, regressing the annual number of patents in each province and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207926
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Exploring flows to tax havens through means of a gravity model: evidence from Italy
Cassetta, Alessia; Pauselli, Claudio; Rizzica, Lucia; … - Banca d'Italia - 2014
We exploit a gravity model to study the main determinants of cross-border financial flows and to identify those flows that appear to be abnormally above the predicted value. Our data include all Italian cross-border bank transfers that took place between 2007 and 2010. We find that, other things...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100369
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Firm heterogeneity and comparative advantage: the response of French firms to Turkey's entry in the European Customs Union
Buono, Ines - Banca d'Italia - 2009
I analyse the effects of a reduction in the tariffs of a trading partner on the exports of domestic firms. More precisely, I focus on how cross-industry differences in factor intensities and within-industry differences in firm productivities shape the response of the extensive (decision to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005029279
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Italy�s system for supporting internationalization
Caffarelli, Filippo Vergara; Veronese, Giovanni - Banca d'Italia - 2013
This study analyses Italy�s system for supporting internationalization, i.e. the set of public institutions and policies for promoting Italian businesses and products abroad. These policies are designed to overcome the barriers to operation in foreign markets, which may be distant in terms...
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Trade openness and international fragmentation of production in the European Union: the new divide?
Guerrieri, Paolo; Caffarelli, Filippo Vergara - Banca d'Italia - 2012
This paper analyses the relationship between international fragmentation of production, trade openness and global export performance in the European Union from 2000 to 2009. As most trade models featuring international production sharing show, the higher the level of fragmentation and related...
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Comparative Advantages in Italy: A Long-Run Perspective
Federico, Giovanni; Wolf, Nikolaus - Banca d'Italia - 2011
The history of Italy since her unification in 1861 reflects the two-way relationship between foreign trade and economic development. Its growth was accompanied by a dramatic increase in the country's integration with European and global commodity markets: foreign trade in the long run grew on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548013
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Comparative Advantages in Italy: A Long-Run Perspective
Federico, Giovanni; Wolf, Nikolaus - Banca d'Italia - 2011
The history of Italy since her unification in 1861 reflects the two-way relationship between foreign trade and economic development. Its growth was accompanied by a dramatic increase in the country's integration with European and global commodity markets: foreign trade in the long run grew on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364459