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...

This paper presents a method of estimating the energy expenditure of Italian manufacturing firms with 20 or more employees for the period 2003-11. Use is made of multiple sources in order to impute firm-level energy consumption in the dataset of the Bank of Italy�s Survey of Industrial and...

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...

The spread of Covid-19 and the related containment measures practically halted tourism flows, which in many countries generate a significant share of GDP. By exploiting Airbnb data covering the main tourist destinations in Europe, we investigate the impact of the pandemic on the market for...