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The political competition-economic performance puzzle : evidence from the OECD countries and the Italian regions

Padovano, Fabio (contributor); Ricciuti, Roberto (contributor) - 2008

Empirical tests of the theories on the relationship between political competition and economic performance generate a puzzle: data tend to support the theory at the lower levels of government, but not in panels of countries. We argue that the larger set of policy instruments reduces the tax...

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Reduction of employment protection in Europe : a comparative fuzzy-set analysis

Ochel, Wolfgang; Rohwer, Anja - 2009

by relaxing it for temporary jobs. These countries are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands …

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Off-shoring and productivity growth in the Italian manufacturing industries

Daveri, Francesco (contributor); … - 2008

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Experience, innovation and productivity : empirical evidence from Italy's slowdown

Daveri, Francesco; Parisi, Maria Laura - 2010

We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a sample of Italian manufacturing firms. A high share of temporary - thus un-experienced - workers is associated to low innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial...

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Convergence of monetary transmission in EMU new evidence

Toolsema-Veldman, Linda Adriana; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; … - 2001

whether there is convergence in monetary transmission. The countries included are: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the …

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Credibility and transparency of Central Banks : new results based on Ifo s world economicy survey

Hamella, Sandra; Haan, Jakob de - 2004

This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of central banks. In line with the survey of Alan Blinder among central bankers, we asked participants in Ifo s World Economic Survey to answer questions on the importance and...

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A re-examination of the link between real exchange rates and real interest rate differentials

Hoffmann, Mathias; MacDonald, Ronald - 2003

The real exchange rate - real interest rate (RERI) relationship is central to most open economy macroeconomic models. However, empirical support for the relationship, especially when cointegrationbased methods are used, is rather weak. In this paper we reinvestigate the RERI relationship using...

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Ageing and the tax implied in public pension schemes : simulations for selected OECD countries

Fenge, Robert; Werding, Martin - 2003

, this will be illustrated for the cases of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the UK, and the US. The results are based …

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Temporary employment, job flows and productivity : a tale of two reforms

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Leonardi, Marco - 2011

We investigate the effects of two reforms of temporary employment using panel data on Italian firms. We exploit variation in their implementation across regions and sectors for identification. We find that the reform of apprenticeship contracts increased job turnover and induced the substitution...

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Railways and the productivity gap in Italy : persistence and divergence after unification

Pontarollo, Nicola; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2015

The political unification of Italy in 1861 led to the establishment of a single market, by removing the trade barriers … same time, the Kingdom of Italy started a large infrastructure project to spread railways, which were largely confined in … Northern Italy, all over the country. Using tools from spatial econometrics, we find that railways played a positive effect on …

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