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Homepage:http://sites.google.com/site/francescalotti/
Phone:+39 06 4792 2824
Postal address:Bank of Italy - Economics Research Department via Nazionale 91, 00184 Rome (Italy)
Workplace:National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), (more information at EDIRC)
Banca d'Italia (Bank of Italy), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

  1. Innovation and public support policies: a comparative analysis
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads

2023

  1. Creation, destruction and reallocation of jobs in italian firms: an analysis based on administrative data
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (4)

2022

  1. Connecting to power: political connections, innovation, and firm dynamics
    Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (8)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) Downloads View citations (50)
    FRB Atlanta Working Paper, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2020) Downloads View citations (2)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2018) Downloads View citations (46)

    See also Journal Article Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics, Econometrica, Econometric Society (2023) Downloads View citations (33) (2023)

2021

  1. The Real Effects of Bank Supervision: Evidence from On-Site Bank Inspections
    Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (7)

2019

  1. Frontier and Superstar Firms in Italy
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (3)

2018

  1. Productivity growth in Italy: a tale of a slow-motion change
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (48)

2016

  1. Productivity effects of eco-innovations using data on eco-patents
    Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (11)
    Also in SEEDS Working Papers, SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (2015) Downloads View citations (3)

    See also Journal Article Productivity effects of eco-innovations using data on eco-patents, Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC (2017) Downloads View citations (37) (2017)

2015

  1. Finance and creative destruction: evidence for Italy
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (1)

2014

  1. Regional policies to foster firms' innovation activity
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads

2013

  1. Female entrepreneurship and government policy: evaluating the impact of subsidies on firms' survival
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Female firms and banks� lending behaviour: what happened during the great recession?
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (5)
  3. Firms and gender: performance differentials between male and female firms
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads
  4. Matching of PATSTAT applications to AIDA firms: discussion of the methodology and results
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (43)
  5. Women and the Italian economy
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (7)

2012

  1. Evidence on the Impact of R&D and ICT Investment on Innovation and Productivity in Italian Firms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (47)
    Also in Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area (2012) Downloads View citations (34)

    See also Journal Article Evidence on the impact of R&D and ICT investments on innovation and productivity in Italian firms, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) Downloads View citations (138) (2013)
  2. The innovation gap of Italy�s production system: roots and possible solutions
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (20)

2009

  1. Innovation and productivity in SMEs. Empirical evidence for Italy
    Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (283)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2008) Downloads View citations (12)

    See also Journal Article Innovation and productivity in SMEs: empirical evidence for Italy, Small Business Economics, Springer (2009) Downloads View citations (290) (2009)
  2. Report on trends in the Italian productive system
    Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (17)

2008

  1. Do Women Pay More for Credit? Evidence from Italy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article DO WOMEN PAY MORE FOR CREDIT? EVIDENCE FROM ITALY, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2013) Downloads View citations (193) (2013)

2007

  1. Defending Gibrat’s Law as a Long-Run Regularity
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Downloads View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Defending Gibrat’s Law as a long-run regularity, Small Business Economics, Springer (2009) Downloads View citations (99) (2009)
  2. Employment, Innovation, and Productivity: Evidence from Italian Microdata
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (18)
    Also in Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area (2007) Downloads View citations (14)
    MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) (2006) Downloads View citations (27)
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) Downloads View citations (5)
  3. The Relationship among innovative Output, Productivity, and Profitability. A test comparing USPTO and EPO data
    Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena Downloads

2006

  1. Revisiting the empirical evidence on firms� money demand
    Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (2)

2004

  1. Competition between Computer Operating Systems
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
  2. Entry decisions and adverse selection: an empirical analysis of a local credit markets
    Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area Downloads View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Entry Decisions and Adverse Selection: An Empirical Analysis of Local Credit Markets, Journal of Financial Services Research, Springer (2004) Downloads View citations (23) (2004)
  3. Gibrat's Law and Market Selection
    Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group Downloads View citations (1)

2003

  1. Gibrat's Law and Market Selection in the Radio, TV & Telecommunications Equipment Industry
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna Downloads

2002

  1. The Post-entry Size Adjustment of New small Firms
    LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy Downloads
  2. The Survival of Family Firms: The Importance of Control and Family Ties
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Survival of Family Firms: The Importance of Control and Family Ties, International Journal of the Economics of Business, Taylor & Francis Journals (2005) Downloads View citations (13) (2005)

2001

  1. Industry Dynamics and the Distiribution of Firm Sizes: A Non-Parametric Apporoach
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in LEM Papers Series, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy (2001) Downloads View citations (18)

    See also Journal Article Industry Dynamics and the Distribution of Firm Sizes: A Nonparametric Approach, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2004) Downloads View citations (9) (2004)

2000

  1. Innovative Output, Infra-Industry Spilloves, and R&D Cooperation: Theory and Evidence
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna Downloads

1999

  1. Does Gibrat s Law Hold in the Case of Young, Small Firms?
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna Downloads View citations (11)

1998

  1. R&D Embodied Technological Change, Producers - Users Interaction, and Productivity at the Firm Level: A Germany-Italy Comparison
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna Downloads

Journal Articles

2023

  1. Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics
    Econometrica, 2023, 91, (2), 529-564 Downloads View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Connecting to power: political connections, innovation, and firm dynamics, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) (2022) Downloads View citations (8) (2022)

2017

  1. Productivity effects of eco-innovations using data on eco-patents
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2017, 26, (1), 125-148 Downloads View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Productivity effects of eco-innovations using data on eco-patents, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) (2016) Downloads View citations (11) (2016)

2014

  1. Sex and the Firm: Questioning the Gender-Based Performance Differential
    Business and Management Research, 2014, 3, (4), 34-50 Downloads

2013

  1. DO WOMEN PAY MORE FOR CREDIT? EVIDENCE FROM ITALY
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, 45-66 Downloads View citations (193)
    See also Working Paper Do Women Pay More for Credit? Evidence from Italy, NBER Working Papers (2008) Downloads View citations (29) (2008)
  2. Evidence on the impact of R&D and ICT investments on innovation and productivity in Italian firms
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2013, 22, (3), 300-328 Downloads View citations (138)
    See also Working Paper Evidence on the Impact of R&D and ICT Investment on Innovation and Productivity in Italian Firms, NBER Working Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (47) (2012)

2009

  1. Defending Gibrat’s Law as a long-run regularity
    Small Business Economics, 2009, 32, (1), 31-44 Downloads View citations (99)
    See also Working Paper Defending Gibrat’s Law as a Long-Run Regularity, IZA Discussion Papers (2007) Downloads View citations (23) (2007)
  2. Innovation and productivity in SMEs: empirical evidence for Italy
    Small Business Economics, 2009, 33, (1), 13-33 Downloads View citations (290)
    See also Working Paper Innovation and productivity in SMEs. Empirical evidence for Italy, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) (2009) Downloads View citations (283) (2009)

2008

  1. Innovative Output, Productivity and Profitability. A Test Comparing USPTO and EPO Data
    Industry and Innovation, 2008, 15, (4), 393-409 Downloads View citations (2)

2007

  1. Firm dynamics in manufacturing and services: a broken mirror?
    Industrial and Corporate Change, 2007, 16, (3), 347-369 Downloads View citations (16)
  2. Revisiting the empirical evidence on firms' money demand
    Journal of Economics and Business, 2007, 59, (1), 51-73 Downloads View citations (4)

2006

  1. Innovation in the Retail Banking Industry: The Diffusion of Credit Scoring
    Review of Industrial Organization, 2006, 28, (4), 343-358 Downloads View citations (12)

2005

  1. Cross Country Differences in Patent Propensity: A Firm-Level Investigation
    Giornale degli Economisti, 2005, 64, (4), 469-502 Downloads View citations (19)
  2. The Survival of Family Firms: The Importance of Control and Family Ties
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 2005, 12, (2), 183-192 Downloads View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper The Survival of Family Firms: The Importance of Control and Family Ties, Working Papers (2002) Downloads View citations (4) (2002)

2004

  1. Entry Decisions and Adverse Selection: An Empirical Analysis of Local Credit Markets
    Journal of Financial Services Research, 2004, 26, (3), 225-244 Downloads View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Entry decisions and adverse selection: an empirical analysis of a local credit markets, Temi di discussione (Economic working papers) (2004) Downloads View citations (23) (2004)
  2. Industry Dynamics and the Distribution of Firm Sizes: A Nonparametric Approach
    Southern Economic Journal, 2004, 70, (3), 443-466 Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Industry Dynamics and the Distiribution of Firm Sizes: A Non-Parametric Apporoach, Working Papers (2001) Downloads View citations (3) (2001)
  3. Infra-industry spillovers and R&D cooperation: Theory and evidence
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2004, 13, (4), 311-328 Downloads View citations (16)
  4. La domanda di liquidità delle imprese statunitensi: un'analisi panel
    L'industria, 2004, (2), 403-418 Downloads

2003

  1. Does Gibrat's Law hold among young, small firms?
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2003, 13, (3), 213-235 Downloads View citations (208)

2001

  1. Is It Really Wise to Design Policies in Support of New Firm Formation?
    Rivista di Politica Economica, 2001, 91, (4), 151-170 View citations (4)
  2. Is firm growth proportional? An appraisal of firm size distribution
    Economics Bulletin, 2001, 12, (6), 1-7 Downloads View citations (4)
  3. Linking Knowledge to Productivity: A Germany-Italy Comparison Using the CIS Database
    Empirica, 2001, 28, (3), 293-317 Downloads View citations (13)
  4. The relationship between size and growth: the case of Italian newborn firms
    Applied Economics Letters, 2001, 8, (7), 451-454 Downloads View citations (33)

Chapters

2007

  1. Gibrat's Law as a Long-run Regularity: Theory and Evidence
    Chapter 7 in Entrepreneurship, Industrial Location and Economic Growth, 2007, pp 129-140 Downloads

2006

  1. Gibrat’s Law in a Medium-Technology Industry: Empirical Evidence for Italy
    Springer View citations (8)
 
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