major indicator of firm micro level corruption while dividend policy is not. The results show maturity stage firms have the …

period of unusual expansion. Much of the decline can be attributed to a reduced flow of lending by banks – particularly to …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way … productivity growth is there with our direct measures based on input-output data but disappears when either a broad measure or the …

We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian … off-shoring”) is beneficial for productivity growth, while the off-shoring of services is not. We also find that the way … productivity growth is there with our direct measures based on input-output data but disappears when either a broad measure or the …

perception of decline be reconciled with a reality of growth? The answer is that the "decline" which is perceived is a decline in … is in terminal decline, and that the lost output is being replaced by imports from the developing world. Almost daily … employment in the industrial sector, but this decline is more than counterbalanced by the rise of productivity, so that the …