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Cameron, S.V. and Heckman, J.J. (2001), “The dynamics of educational attainment for Black, Hispanic, and White malesâ€, Journal of Political Economy, 109, pp. 455-499.
Cameron, S.V. and Taber, C. (2004), “Estimation of educational borrowing constraints using returns to schoolingâ€, Journal of Political Economy, 112, pp. 132-182.
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Cipollone, P. and Guelfi, A. (2003), ‘Tax credit policy and firms’ behaviour: the case of subsidies to open-end labour contracts in Italy’, Bank of Italy, Temi di Discussione No. 471.
Cottarelli, C., Dell’Ariccia, G. and Vladkova-Hollar, I. (2005), “Early birds, late risers, and seeping beauties: Bank credit growth to the private sector in central and Eastern Europe and in the Balkansâ€, Journal of Banking and Finance, 29, pp. 83-104.
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- European Commission (2004), Undeclared work in an enlarged union, DG for Employment and Social Affairs, Brussels.
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Felici, R. and Pagnini, M. (2007), “Distance, Bank Heterogeneity and Entry in Local Banking Marketsâ€, Journal of Industrial Economics, forthcoming.
Gobbi, G. and Lotti, F. (2004), “Entry Decisions and Adverse Selection: an Empirical Analysis of Local Credit Marketsâ€, Journal of Financial Services Research, 26, pp. 225-244.
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Johnson, S., Kaufmann, D., McMillan, J. and Woodruff, C. (2000), “Why do firms hide? Bribes and unofficial activity after communismâ€, Journal of Public Economics, 76, pp. 495-520.
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RECENTLY PUBLISHED “TEMI†(*) N. 622 – Employment, innovation and productivity: Evidence from Italian microdata, by Bronwyn H. Hall, Francesca Lotti and Jacques Mairesse (April 2007).
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Schneider, F. (2006), ‘Shadow economies and corruption all over the world. What do we really know?’, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Working Paper No. 617.
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Zizza, R. (2002), ‘Metodologie di stima dell’economia sommersa: un’applicazione al caso italiano’ (Different measurement approaches to the underground economy: an application to Italian data), Bank of Italy, Temi di discussione No. 463. (*) Requests for copies should be sent to: Banca d’Italia – Servizio Studi di struttura economica e finanziaria – Divisione Biblioteca e Archivio storico – Via Nazionale, 91 – 00184 Rome – (fax 0039 06 47922059). They are available on the Internet www.bancaditalia.it.