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The variance of firm growth rates: the ''scaling'' puzzle

Sutton, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

Certain recently reported statistical regularities relating to the dispersion of firms' growth rates have begun to attract attention among IO economists. These relationships take the form of power law or scaling relationships and this has led to suggestions that the underlying mechanisms which...

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Can firms grow without credit?: evidence from the Euro Area, 2005-2011: a quantile panel analysis

Dimelis, Sophia; Giotopoulos, Ioannis; Louri, Helen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

This paper explores the effects of bank credit on firm growth before and after the recent financial crisis, taking into account different structural characteristics of banking sectors and domestic economies. Panel quantile analysis is used on a sample of 2075 euro area firms in 2005-2011. The...

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Firm size and judicial efficiency in Italy: evidence from the neighbour's tribunal

Giacomelli, Silvia; Menon, Carlo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

We investigate the causal relationship between judicial efficiency and firm size across Italian municipalities, exploiting spatial discontinuities in tribunals' jurisdiction for identification. Results show that halving the length of civil proceedings, average firm size would increase by around...

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Gibrat's legacy

Sutton, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996

This paper traces the time series (?Growth of Firms?) tradition in the study of market structure and looks at how recent studies on entry and the size distribution of firms have modified thinking in this area.

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Gender segregation in employment contracts

Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from …

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Employment patterns in OECD countries

Nickell, Stephen; Nunziata, Luca - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

This paper studies the dynamics of labour demand and the determinants of employment rates across the OECD. We find: (i …) labour demand adjusts less rapidly when employment protection is more strict and union density is higher; (ii) there is no … evidence that overall job turnover is influenced by employment protection; (iii) union density and coverage are negatively …

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Patterns of work across the OECD

Faggio, Giulia; Nickell, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Market work per person of working age differs widely across the OECD countries and there have been some significant changes in the last forty years. How to explain this pattern? Taxes are part of the story but much remains to be explained. If we include all the elements of the social security...

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Productivity growth and employment: theory and panel estimates

Pissarides, Christopher; Vallanti, Giovanna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

Theoretical predictions of the effect of TFP growth on employment are ambiguous, and depend on the extent to which new … technology is embodied in new jobs. We estimate a model for employment, wages and investment with an annual panel for the United … States, Japan and Europe and find that TFP growth increases employment. For the United States TFP growth explains the trend …

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WAGE FORMATION IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES VIEWED FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

JACKMAN, R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1989

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STYLISED FACTS AND THE LABOUR DEMAND CURVE

NEWELL, A.; SYMONS, J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1988

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