How Labor Contracts Shape Firm Success and Productivity
Josep Pijoan-Mas and Pau Roldan-Blanco explore how fixed-term and open-ended contracts affect firm behavior and outcomes in Spain.
Supplying the government improves your credit
Governments around the world purchase goods and services from private firms by awarding public procurement contracts. This is likely one of the main channels through which public goods are supplied to the economy and an important source of potential revenues for firms. However, little has been written thus far on the subject.
Growing like Spain: 1995-2007
Manuel García-Santana, Enrique Moral-Betino, Josep Pijoan-Mas and Roberto Ramos show that negative TFP growth was caused by the increase in within-industry misallocation of production factors.
