This paper assesses the relative importance of perceived obstacles to hiring workers on a permanent basis faced by EU … firms and studies how they depend on firm’s characteristics. Findings suggest that the main obstacles to hiring in Europe … hiring, labour market structures and firms’/employees’ characteristics are also found significant. In particular, our …

We investigate asset returns around banking crises in 44 advanced and emerging economies from 1960 to 2018. In contrast … to the view that buying assets during banking crises is a profitable long-run strategy, we find returns of equity and …