In this paper we focus on the relationship between internationalization choices and survival of Italian firms during the financial crisis. Making use of a new database matching four firm-level datasets provided by the Italian National Statistical Institute (ISTAT), we build a detailed taxonomy...

the aim of this work is to estimate the structural parameters of a simultaneous equation system using both the Limited and Full Information Least Orthogonal Distance Estimator (Pieraccini, 1988; Naccarato, 2007). We compare the results - via simulation experiments – of LODE estimates with those...

Least Orthogonal Distance Estimator (LODE) of Simultaneous Equation Models’ structural parameters is based on minimizing the orthogonal distance between Reduced Form (RF) and the Structural Form (SF) parameters. In this work we propose a new version – with respect to Pieraccini and Naccarato...

Least Orthogonal Distance Estimator (LODE) of Simultaneous Equation Models’ structural parameters is based on minimizing the orthogonal distance between Reduced Form (RF) and the Structural Form (SF) parameters. In this work we propose a new version – with respect to Pieraccini and Naccarato...

Drawing from confidential firm-level balance sheets in 11 European countries, the paper presents a novel sectoral database of comparable productivity indicators built by members of the Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet) using a newly developed research infrastructure. Beyond aggregate...

The paper aims at investigating on the credit conditions experienced by Italian firms during the recent business cycle. In doing so, we use a novel dataset on firms’ opinions derived from the ISTAT Business Confidence surveys. The dataset allows us to add to existing literature in three...

In line with the global market evolution, during 2011-2013 recession, Italy and Spain showed the largest gaps between (strongly decreasing) domestic and (increasing) foreign demand. In Italy such trends have been both a key factor in selecting enterprises and a cause for a readjustment in the...

<em>I processi di riforma nei servizi pubblici locali nell’Unione europea: tra regolazione comunitaria e «istanze» nazionali</em> (di Stefano Costa e Luisa Sciandra) - ABSTRACT: In last decades public utilities in eu have been at the centre of a great liberalization program. The constant...

Using firm-level data for Italy, we address the employment consequences of international production offshoring. We concur with previous literature that offshoring firms’ individual employment performances are no worse than at matching non-offshoring firms. However, offshoring might impart...

In this paper, a first assessment of the 2007 reform of the Italian Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law is presented. In light of the relevant literature on AML, the reform seems to improve the Italian AML framework in many ways, but there persist some drawbacks on both the legal and the enforcement...