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Labor market reform and innovation: Evidence from Spain (2021)
Journal Article
García-Vega, M., Kneller, R., & Stiebale, J. (2021). Labor market reform and innovation: Evidence from Spain. Research Policy, 50(5), Article 104213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2021.104213

We analyze the effect of a labor market reform on firms' product innovation. The reform , which amounts to a natural experiment, differentially reduced firing costs for some firms, thereby lowering adjustment costs in the presence of demand uncertain... Read More about Labor market reform and innovation: Evidence from Spain.

Corporate taxation and productivity catch-up: evidence from European firms (2016)
Journal Article
Gemmell, N., Kneller, R., McGowan, D., Sanz, I., & Sanz-Sanz, J. F. (in press). Corporate taxation and productivity catch-up: evidence from European firms. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12212

This paper explores whether higher corporate tax rates reduce the speed with which small firms converge to the productivity frontier by lowering the after-tax returns to productivity-enhancing investments. Using data for 11 European countries we find... Read More about Corporate taxation and productivity catch-up: evidence from European firms.