This paper discusses, theoretically and empirically, the relationship between two indicators: the profit share in value added and markups. While many commentators simply interpret the profit share as a proxy for markup, we show that with a production function with two inputs (i.e. labour and...

We study the effects of asymmetric information and imperfect competition in the market for small business lines of credit. We estimate a structural model of credit demand, loan use, pricing, and firm default using matched firm-bank data from Italy. We find evidence of adverse selection in the...

We disentangle the contribution of unobserved heterogeneity in idiosyncratic demand and productivity to firm growth. We use a model of monopolistic competition with Cobb-Douglas production and a data set of Italian manufacturing firms containing unique information on firm-level prices to...