The Effect of the Euro Competition Over Innovation Decisions and Labor Productivity

Giuseppina Testa

No 135, CELPE Discussion Papers from CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy

Abstract: The growing competition from the euro, the Eastern enlargement, and the BRIC nations has attracted increasing attention by governments in Europe like in Italy. In this paper we have investigated the effects that such scenario has on innovation decision of Italian manufacturing firms. Using data from UniCredit Surveys conducted in Italy over the period 1995-2006 we explore the influence of the euro competition on innovation decisions controlling for a set of variables, ranging from export behaviour, family management and size. We find the euro competition to significantly affect innovation decisions. Such effects are different for high-tech firms and low-tech firms and for family-managed and non-family-managed firms.

Keywords: Euro; Innovation; Italian manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L25 L60 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2015-12-14
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