Search Results - "Schivardi, Fabiano"

Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance by Flabbi, Luca, Macis, Mario, Moro, Andrea, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…Abstract We investigate the effects of female executives on gender-specific wage distributions and firm performance. Female leadership has a positive impact at…”
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Credit Misallocation During the European Financial Crisis by Schivardi, Fabiano, Sette, Enrico, Tabellini, Guido

“…Abstract Using data on bank-firm relationships in Italy during the Eurozone financial crisis, we show that: (i) compared to healthy banks, under-capitalised…”
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Asymmetric Information and Imperfect Competition in Lending Markets by Crawford, Gregory S., Pavanini, Nicola, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…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…”
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Comparative analysis of firm demographics and survival: evidence from micro-level sources in OECD countries by Bartelsman, Eric, Scarpetta, Stefano, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…In this paper, we present cross-country evidence on firm size distribution, firm demographic and post-entry performance for 10 OECD countries. We use…”
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IDENTIFYING THE SOURCES OF LOCAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH by Cingano, Federico, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…Using firm-level based TFP indicators (as opposed to employment-based proxies) we estimate the effects of alternative sources of dynamic externalities at the…”
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Do Mergers Improve Information? Evidence from the Loan Market by PANETTA, FABIO, SCHIVARDI, FABIANO, SHUM, MATTHEW

“…We examine the informational effects of M&As by investigating whether bank mergers improve banks' ability to screen borrowers. By exploiting a data set in…”
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Exports and wages: Rent sharing, workforce composition, or returns to skills? by Macis, Mario, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…We use linked employer-employee data from Italy to explore the relationship between exports and wages. Exploiting the 1992 devaluation of the lira, we show…”
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The IT Revolution and Southern Europe’s Two Lost Decades by Schivardi, Fabiano, Schmitz, Tom

“…Abstract Since the middle of the 1990s, productivity growth in Southern Europe has been substantially lower than in other developed countries. We argue that…”
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Are Executives in Short Supply? Evidence from Death Events by Sauvagnat, Julien, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…Abstract Using exhaustive administrative data on Italian social security records, we construct measures of local labour market thickness for executives that…”
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Demand or productivity: what determines firm growth? by Pozzi, Andrea, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…We disentangle the contribution of unobserved heterogeneity in demand and productivity to firm growth using Italian data containing unique information on…”
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Employment and Wage Insurance within Firms: Worldwide Evidence by Ellul, Andrew, Pagano, Marco, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…Using a firm-level international panel data set, we study if unemployment insurance offered by the government and by firms are substitutes. We exploit…”
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Strategic experimentation and disruptive technological change by Schivardi, Fabiano, Schneider, Martin

“…This paper studies the diffusion of a new technology that is brought to market while its potential is still uncertain. We consider a dynamic game in which an…”
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Are they all like Bill, Mark, and Steve? The education premium for entrepreneurs by Michelacci, Claudio, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…•We study returns to education for US entrepreneurs over the last 30 years.•The education premium has increased substantially more for entrepreneurs than for…”
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Entry Barriers in Retail Trade by Schivardi, Fabiano, Viviano, Eliana

“…The 1998 reform of the Italian retail trade sector delegated the regulation of entry of large stores to the regional governments. We use the local variation in…”
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Management Practices and Resilience to Shocks: Evidence from COVID-19 by Lamorgese, Andrea, Patnaik, Megha, Linarello, Andrea, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…We use the spread of COVID-19 in Italy, the first Western country hit by the pandemic, to investigate the role of structured management practices in responding…”
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Identifying the Real Effects of Zombie Lending by Schivardi, Fabiano, Sette, Enrico, Tabellini, Guido

“…Abstract The policy response to COVID-19 includes the provision of credit guarantees to firms, a provision that may generate zombie lending. According to the…”
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WHAT DETERMINES ENTREPRENEURIAL CLUSTERS? by Guiso, Luigi, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…We contrast two potential explanations of the substantial differences in entrepreneurial activity observed across geographical areas: entry costs and external…”
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Gains from early support of a new political party by Leonardi, Marco, Mossucca, Rossella, Schivardi, Fabiano, Severgnini, Battista

“…We study the benefits of political connections on firm performance by analyzing the effects of the early support to Silvio Berlusconi, a TV tycoon who in three…”
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Skill Dispersion and Firm Productivity: An Analysis with Employer‐Employee Matched Data by Iranzo, Susana, Schivardi, Fabiano, Tosetti, Elisa

“…We study the relation between workers’ skill dispersion and firm productivity using a unique data set of Italian manufacturing firms with individual records on…”
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Corporate control and executive selection by Lippi, Francesco, Schivardi, Fabiano

“…In firms with concentrated ownership the controlling shareholder may pursue nonmonetary private returns, such as electoral goals in a firm controlled by…”
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