This paper tests the existence of a Beveridge Curve across the economies of nineteen OECD countries from 1980 to 2007, investigating the impact of technological progress and globalisation on the unemployment-vacancies trade-off. We find largely favourable evidence for the existence of a OECD...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Credit constraints and economic outcomes: A short survey -- chapter 3 Technical efficiency and finance constraints: an empirical analysis for Italian manufacturing, Introduction -- chapter 4 Product market competition, financial pressure and producers...