We analyze the employment effects of financial shocks using a rich data set of job contracts, matched with the universe of firms and their lending banks in one Italian region. To isolate the effect of the financial shock we construct a firm-specific time-varying measure of credit supply. The...

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Significance and Structure of International Risk and Crisis Communication Research -- The Significance of International and Cross-Cultural Crisis Communication -- Categories of International, Cross-Cultural, and Comparative...