We introduce the technique of band spectral panel regression (BSPR) to analyze global linkages across sectors and …

Firms adjust to differences in market size and demand uncertainty by changing the frequency and size of their export … data we confirm that firms adjust on both margins for market size. In a stochastic setting, firms adjust to increased …

We study the implications of robot adoption at the level of individual firms using a rich panel data-set of Spanish … manufacturing firms over a 27-year period (1990-2016). We focus on three central questions: (1) Which firms adopt robots? (2) What …-ante larger and more productive firms are more likely to adopt robots, while ex-ante more skill-intensive firms are less likely to …

studies the impact of violent conflict on firms, exploiting this period of heightened violence in Mexico commonly referred to … controls for observable and unobservable differences across cities and firms as well as for product-specific business cycles …-intensity within firms. It also deters domestic, but not international, trade. The effect of the violence shock on firms is very …

conceptual framework to differentiate between OCGs' motives for infiltrating legal firms and validate it using new data from the … Italian Financial Intelligence Unit. About 2% of Italian firms appear to have links with OCGs, with three primary motives …. Firms established by OCGs are predominantly used for criminal activities (functional motive). Medium-sized firms, often …

We present evidence that is consistent with large disparities across firms in their on-the-job learning opportunities …, using administrative datasets from Brazil and Italy. We categorize firms into discrete "classes"—which our conceptual … framework interprets as skill-learning classes—using a clustering methodology that groups together firms with similar …

digital technologies (IDT), on firms' employment structure using Italian firm-level data. It employs a unique empirical …-competent workforce, as supported by firms' training and recruitment plans. Conversely, ODT investment does not significantly alter total … ODT and IDT and highlighting nuanced employment dynamics within firms. …

The process of matching between firms and workers is an important mechanism in determining the distribution of wages … quality firms have strong incentives to screen for the quality of workers. This process will increase the positive quality … increasing the variance of workers abilities, may drive stronger PAM between firms and workers. Using French matched employer …