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The spread of the pandemic and the consequent adoption of lockdown measures to prevent infections had severe consequences for business activity and employment. By using data from the Italian Labour Force Survey, this paper simulates the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on the dynamics and...
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This paper analyses the response to the COVID-19 pandemic of inbound tourism to Italy looking at variation across … countries and across provinces. To this end, it uses weekly data on the number of foreign visitors in Italy from January 2019 …
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This paper analyses the response to the COVID-19 pandemic of inbound tourism to Italy looking at variation across … countries and across provinces. To this end, it uses weekly data on the number of foreign visitors in Italy from January 2019 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321751
The decline in VAT revenue during the Covid-19 recession has been unexpectedly lower than the drop in household consumption. In the first half of 2021, VAT bounced back to pre-crisis levels even though aggregate consumption had still not recovered. According to our analysis, this result...
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rose to unprecedented levels. In this paper we investigate the drivers of households' behaviour in Italy from a macro and … between expenditure categories. By complementing the macro analysis with microdata from the Bank of Italy's Special Survey of …
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In a context characterized by upcoming regulatory changes and deeply affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, this paper examines the diffusion of firm undercapitalization (i.e., the firm displaying a level of equity below the legal limit) among Italian corporations. In a proposal by the National...
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We analyse the content of Italian occupations operating in about 600 sectors with a focus on the dimensions that expose workers to risks during the COVID-19 epidemics. We leverage detailed information from ICP, the Italian equivalent of O*Net and find that several sectors need physical proximity...
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We analyse new survey data from a representative sample of about 2,000 Italian micro-entrepreneurs to assess their level of financial and digital competences and to investigate whether these skills help them cope with unexpected shocks. We find that the financial literacy and digital skills of...
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Immobiliare.it, a popular online portal for real estate services in Italy. The latter includes high-frequency and house …
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We assess the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the financing capacity of the four major multilateral development banks (MDBs) specialized in sovereign lending (IBRD, ADB, IADB, AfDB), based on available capital buffers and while maintaining triple-A ratings. The capacity of MDBs to expand...
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