The gaps in the export performance between Italian industry and its main competitors have (re)focused attention on the concept of "bazaar economy". In the specific case of Italy, the hypothesis of an economic model such as that of the bazaar economy would translate into significant impacts in...

Enforcement der Rechnungslegung -- Internationalisierung der Kapitalmärkte und Harmonisierung der kapitalmarktorientierten Rechnungslegung -- Konzeptionsmodelle für die internationale Koordinierung nationaler Enforcement-Aktivitäten -- Deutsche Prüfstelle für Rechnungslegung (DPR) --...

This paper empirically investigates the role of the efficiency of judicial enforcement in shaping firms� financial structure, by focusing on the choice between trade credit and alternative external sources. Suppliers have an advantage over other short-term lenders in enforcing credit...

The paper presents a growth accounting exercise for the Italian economy over the last twenty years to assess the role of primary inputs and total factor productivity. The exercise was run at both the aggregate and the disaggregated level. For the first time in Italy it used a measure of capital...