We apply a growth accounting approach to estimate the contribution to potential output growth in Italy by firms with different characteristics. We do so by exploiting time series obtained by aggregating individual firm data. Results show that during the double-dip recession smaller firms...

Italian Abstract: Negli ultimi anni i cambiamenti climatici in corso e la transizione verso un modello di sviluppo economico sostenibile hanno assunto una rilevanza centrale per il sistema finanziario, chiamando in causa anche le banche centrali. Queste ultime, il cui interesse è testimoniato...

Italian Abstract: Questo lavoro presenta una metodologia per ricostruire la spesa energetica delle imprese manifatturiere italiane con almeno 20 addetti per il periodo 2003-2011. Si utilizzano una pluralità di fonti per imputare i consumi fisici di energia a livello di impresa nell'archivio...

Investment in adaptation is a critical strategy to reduce the damages from climate change, yet there is limited evidence about its effectiveness and costs. We exploit the activation of a sea wall to protect the city of Venice from increasingly high tides to provide new evidence on the...

Italian Abstract: La recente caduta dei corsi petroliferi ridurrà i costi energetici del nostro paese. Per la progressiva marginalizzazione del petrolio, sia come fonte energetica sia come benchmark di prezzo, famiglie e imprese si avvantaggeranno di questa riduzione sostanzialmente attraverso...

This study presents a novel methodological framework for assessing the exposure of the Italian financial system to climate policy risks, using a micro-founded approach. By combining survey and administrative data with energy accounts and energy prices, we estimate the energy demand elasticity of...

Boom-and-bust cycles in the housing market pose a threat to macroeconomic and financial stability, thus calling for a timely assessment of imbalances. This work sheds light on the drivers of house price dynamics in some euro area economies, investigating whether the increases in house prices...

We investigate the degree of anchoring in inflation expectations for different advanced economies using data from professional forecasters' surveys. We define expectations as anchored when movements in short-run expectations do not trigger movements in expectations at longer horizons. Using...

We explore the role of ownership, governance and management characteristics as potential drivers of the performance gaps between firms located in the Centre and North and in the South of Italy. First, we document that southern firms are characterized by more frequent family ownership and a...

In this paper, we provide an assessment of the evolution of markups in Italy in the last twenty years. To this aim, we resort to both macro and micro data and estimation techniques, namely reduced forms accounting measures (price-cost margins) and production function model-based indicators. When...