This paper uses an Italian firm-level panel data-set over the period 1994 - 2006 to investigate the nexus between corporate taxation and investment. Studying the effects of corporate taxation on investment at the micro level has two advantages. Firstly, investment is free of aggregation biases...

Start-ups founded by university students and graduates play a substantial role in bringing new knowledge to the market and in employment creation; a role that appears to be even more important than the one played by the typical technology transfer activities carried out by universities, i.e....

Empirical analysis shows that formal and informal institutions are key factors in explaining why some countries, as well as territories within countries, are more prosperous than others are. After almost 160 years from their formal unification, Italian territories are still quite heterogeneous...

This paper analyses the relationship between corporate taxes and exports at firm level in Italy. We use an integrated dataset that combines for the period 2004-2006 survey data (Indagine sulle Imprese Manifatturiere) on enterprises and company accounts for the manufacturing sector to estimate a...

This paper analyses the relationship between corporate taxes and exports of Italian firms. We use an integrated dataset for the manufacturing industry combining, for the period 2004-2006, survey data on enterprises and company accounts to analyse firms' export participation. Our results suggest...

The paper analyses the relationship between corporate taxes and exports at firm level. We use an integrated dataset that combines, for the period 2004-2006, survey data(Indagine sulle Imprese Manifatturiere) and company accounts for the manufacturing sector to estimate a Probit and a Tobit...