Explaining TFP at Firm Level in Italy - Does Location Matter?

Determinants of New Firm Formation: Does Location Matter?

The link between location features and the propensity to start a new firm is a subject that did not get much attention in Iran until recently. This paper is the first attempt on this proposition and is concerned with deliberating the effect of demographical and industrial characteristics of location on start-up rates in Iranian manufacturing industries. To fulfill this aim, regional panel data ...

determinants of new firm formation: does location matter?

the link between location features and the propensity to start a new firm is a subject that did not get much attention in iran until recently. this paper is the first attempt on this proposition and is concerned with deliberating the effect of demographical and industrial characteristics of location on start-up rates in iranian manufacturing industries. to fulfill this aim, regional panel data ...

asset pricing anomalies at the firm level

Anomaly is deviation from common rules and in finance it can be defined as a pattern in the average of stock return that is not consistent with the prevailing asset pricing models literature. For anomaly investigation two common methods are used: portfolio approach and individual firm approach. This paper wants to shed light on anomalies of capital asset pricing model at the individual firm lev...

Does Spatial Proximity Matter? Micro-evidence from Italy Does Spatial Proximity Matter? Micro-evidence from Italy *

The effect of spatial agglomeration (localisation and urbanisation economies) on employment growth is explored over a balanced panel of 23,374 Italian firms, using a flexible Bayesian model. Contrary to previous research, the agglomeration economies measures are calculated using direct measures of physical distances between pairs of firms, rather than with respect to pre-specified geographical ...

Explaining Public Service Performance: Does Management Matter?