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    Liquidity and Firms' Response to Fiscal Stimulus

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    A stimulus programme allowed firms in Italy to receive tax credits for R&D expenditure in 2009. Among traditional firms, liquidity is relevant for the response to the stimulus: Recipients firms with relative large cash holdings raised R&D expenditure, while those with low liquidity did not vary it. High-tech firms did not change their total R&D, consistently with their tendency to smooth R&D expenditure through time, though they changed its composition in favor of outsourcing activity and to the detriment of employment. When the fiscal stimulus pushed R&D higher it also induced a positive transitory effect on firm's performance

    Convergenza: un’utopia per le regioni europee?

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    Convergenza: un’utopia per le regioni europee?

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    On Growth and Infrastructure Provision

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