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Il falso mito della manifattura ineficiente
Arrighetti, Alessandro; De Nardis, Sergio; Traù, Fabrizio - 2024
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Taxes, innovation and productivity
Cloyne, James; Martinez, Joseba; Mumtaz, Haroon; … - 2024
temporary cut in corporate income tax rates leads to a long-lasting increase in innovation and productivity, whereas changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015066996
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Vertical integration and investor protection in developing countries
Macchiavello, Rocco - 2009
The industrial organization of developing countries is characterized by the pervasive use of subcontracting arrangements among small, financially constrained firms. This paper asks whether vertical integration relaxes those financial constraints. It shows that vertical integration trades off the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008823904
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Structural change in industrial output : China 1995 - 2010
Albala-Bertrand, José M. - 2015
The aim of this paper is to learn about some patterns of sectoral and industrial structural change of the Chinese economy over the 1995-2010 period. To such a purpose, we set up a quantitative methodology via input-output modelling, which allows us to decompose gross output into some key demand...
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Industrial interdependence : China 1995 - 2010
Albala-Bertrand, José M. - 2016
This paper is a continuation of our study of structural change in China and deals with the changes of domestic industrial/sectoral backward and forward linkages (i.e. the pull and push of the economy) as well as the changes in their domestic and imported components (i.e. via import...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554359
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The evolution of gender gaps in industrialized countries
Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2016
Women in developed economies have made major inroads in labor markets throughout the past century, but remaining gender differences in pay and employment seem remarkably persistent. This paper documents long-run trends in female employment, working hours and relative wages for a wide...
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Industrial structure and privatisation of the Slovenian electricity industry
Hrovatin, N. - 1998
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Why does working from home vary across countries and people?
Zarate, Pablo; Dolls, Mathias; Davis, Steven J.; Bloom, … - 2024
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Pyramid capitalism : cronyism, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt
Diwan, Ishac; Keefer, Philip; Schiffbauer, Marc - 2016
Using a large, original database of 385 politically connected firms under the Mubarak regime in Egypt, we document for the first time the negative impact of cronyism on economic growth. In the early 2000s, a policy shift in Egypt led to the expansion of crony activities into new, previously...
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Innovation and productivity in services and manufacturing : the role of ICT investment
Aboal, Diego; Tacsir, Ezequiel - 2015
Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in … ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that … productivity in services, but only ICT affects productivity in manufacturing. The absence of investment in ICT is associated with …
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