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This paper studies the importance of firm-level price markup dynamics for business cycle fluctuations. Using state-of-the-art IO techniques to measure the behavior of markups over the business cycle at the firm level, I find that markups are countercyclical with an average elasticity of -1.1...
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This paper analyses wage dynamics in Italy in the last 25 years with a special focus on the recent recession. Despite …
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We study how relationship lending and transaction lending vary over the business cycle. We develop a model in which relationship banks gather information on their borrowers, which allows them to provide loans for profitable firms during a crisis. Due to the services they provide, operating costs...
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Human Capital Theory considers individuals' education as an investment in terms of money, time, effort, and the renouncement of income opportunities that they expect will be compensated during their working life. While these benefits are mainly in the long run, direct and indirect costs are...
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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 …
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In this paper we investigated empirically the nature of underground employment in Italy, considering its long-run trend … reforms occurred in Italy, with an evident impact on underground employment. Our investigation pointed out several interesting …
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