Autori:
Schivardi, F. ![](http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/img/logo-bncf.jpg)
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Guiso, L. ![](http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/img/logo-bncf.jpg)
Titolo:
Information spillovers and factor adjustment.Periodico:
Banca d'Italia. Temi di discussioneAnno:
2000 - Volume:
2 - Fascicolo:
368 - Pagina iniziale:
1Weinvestigatetheroleofinformationspillovers(IS)indetermining¿rms’labor djustments.Wetestthepropositionthatinformationonrelevantstatevariablesspillsover
throughone¿rm’sdecisiontothoseofother¿rms,assumingthatspilloversmatteronlyamong
¿rmsthatarebothsimilarandgeographicallyclose.Fromalargepanelofmanufacturing rms,weselectthosethatarelocatedinagivenindustrialdistrictandproducethesame goods.Weproposeasolutiontotheidenti¿cationproblemtypicaloftheempiricalanalysisof
socialeffects.Ourresultsshowthat¿rms’decisionsareindeedaffectedbythoseofsimilar,
neighboring¿rms,whiletheactionsof¿rmsnotsatisfyingeitherofthecriteriahavenoimpact.
Wetestotherimplicationsofthetheoryand¿ndfurthersupportingevidenceoftherelevanceof
IS.First,measuresofextremeadjustmentsexertastrongerinÀuencethanmeanadjustments°
second,smaller¿rmsseemtorelymoreonexternalsourcesofinformation°third,theeffects
dependonsuchcharacteristicsofthereferencegroupasitssizeandthepresenceoflarge¿rms.
Finally,giventhat¿rmsexposedtoIStendtoadjustsimultaneously,we¿ndthatspillovers
amplifytheeffectofaggregateshocksandconstituteapowerfulmechanismofampli¿cation
ofthebusinesscycle.
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