economic activity in Italy during the 2008-2014 crisis period. The three endogenous variables considered are the loan interest … the level of real economic activity. Furthermore, the results show that credit crunch hits the North of Italy less than … the remaining macro-regions, especially the South-Italy …

market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been implemented to stimulate private innovation activities. The … Establishment Panel and apply various microeconometric methods to estimate the effect of public measures on innovation activities of …

We use detailed product- and firm-level data to study the sources of innovation and the patterns of productivity growth … innovation efforts of the firms and has important implications for revenue growth, improvements in products' quality, and …