In this paper we study the determinants of investment decisions at the firm level with heterogeneous capital goods. We …

that introduced unjust-dismissal costs in Italy for firms below 15 employees, leaving firing costs unchanged for larger …

that introduced unjust-dismissal costs in Italy for firms below 15 employees, leaving ring costs unchanged for larger firms …

Employment protection may affect both productivity and capital investment because higher adjustments costs hamper …-dismissal costs in Italy for firms below 15 employees, leaving firing costs unchanged for bigger firms. We provide evidence that the …

sizeable, considering the very low returns to higher education in Italy reported in previous studies. -- university …-to-work transition ; delayed graduation ; overeducation ; human capital theory ; screening hypothesis ; earnings equations ; Italy …

performance, in particular when the innovative effort is continuous. This paper aims to further the analysis on the duration of R …&D investment at the firm level. The contribution of this study is threefold: first, we extend Máñez et al. [2014], Triguero et al … view of R&D duration within the European countries. Secondly, from a methodological point of view, we employ both discrete …