The Effects of Employment Protection Legislation and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment : Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel of EU Countries

Exploiting information from a panel of European firms we study the joint effect of EPL and financial market imperfections on investment, capital-labour substitution, labour productivity and job reallocation. We find that EPL reduces investment per worker, capital per worker and value added per worke...

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Main Authors: Cingano, F., Leonardi, M., Messina, J., Pica, G.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5206