Maria Elena Bontempi

University of Bologna - Department of Economics

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A New Index of Uncertainty Based on Internet Searches: A Friend or Foe of Other Indicators?

Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N° 1062
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 12 Mar 2016
Maria Elena Bontempi, Roberto Golinelli and Matteo Squadrani
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna
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Uncertainty measures, finance-based, survey-based, news-based, Internet searches, Google, comparison across indicators, macroeconomic effects of uncertainty

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Pre-Trade Transparency and Trade Size

Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 22, No. 8, 2012
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2012
Maria Elena Bontempi and Caterina Lucarelli
University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Università Politecnica delle Marche
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pre-trade transparency, trade size, private information, panel data

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Corporate Taxation and its Reform: The Effects on Corporate Financing Decisions in Italy

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 14 Mar 2004
Maria Elena Bontempi, Silvia Giannini and Roberto Golinelli
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna - Department of Economics
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Capital structure, Modified pecking order theory, Corporate taxes, Fiscal microsimulation, Dynamic panel models, Robustness

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ICT and Non-ICT Investments: Short and Long Run Macro Dynamics

Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N° 956
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Jul 2014
Fabio Bacchini, Maria Elena Bontempi, Roberto Golinelli and Cecilia Jona Lasinio
Italian Statistical Institute, University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Luiss Guido Carli University - Luiss Business School
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Evaluation of Macro models, ICT Investments, Uncertainty, Liquidity constraints

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The Trade-Off and Pecking-Order Empirical Effects of Corporate Taxation on Financial Choices: A Unified Approach

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Mar 2006
Maria Elena Bontempi, Silvia Giannini and Roberto Golinelli
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna - Department of Economics
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Capital structure, Trade-off, Pecking-order and Modified pecking-order models, Corporate taxes, Extreme bound analysis, Dynamic panel estimation

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Capital Heterogeneity: Does it Matter? Fundamental Q and Investment on a Panel of Italian Firms

RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 35, No. 4, 2004, FEEM Working Paper No. 88.2001
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Dec 2001 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2012
Paola Rota, Maria Elena Bontempi, Alessandra Del Boca, Alessandra Franzosi and Marzio Galeotti
University of Brescia - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Brescia - Department of Economics, Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and University of Milan - Department of Environmental Science and Policy (ESP)
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Investment, Q, heterogeneous capital goods, VAR estimation, panel data

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Unit Root Tests and the Classification of Corporate Financial Behaviour

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Mar 2006
Maria Elena Bontempi and Roberto Golinelli
University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna - Department of Economics
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Unit root tests, Mean-reversion, Panel data, Capital structure, Trade-off, Pecking-order, Modified Pecking Order approach

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Dynamic Corporate Capital Structure Behavior: Empirical Assessment in the Light of Heterogeneity and Non Stationarity

Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N° 988
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 Jan 2015
Maria Elena Bontempi, Laura Bottazzi and Roberto Golinelli
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna - Department of Economics
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Corporate finance, Heterogeneity of agents, Target leverage, Speed of adjustment, Unit roots and cointegration

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Output potenziale, gap e inflazione in Italia nel lungo periodo (1861-2010): un’analisi econometrica (Potential Output, Output Gap, and Inflation in Italy in the Long Term (1861-2010): An Econometric Analysis)

Bank of Italy Economic History Working Paper No. 29
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 May 2013
Alberto Baffigi, Maria Elena Bontempi and Roberto Golinelli
Bank of Italy, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna - Department of Economics
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macroeconomic history, output gap, structural break, principal components, volatility, triangle model, New Keynesian Phillips curve, industrialization

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A Strategy to Reduce the Count of Moment Conditions in Panel Data GMM

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A Strategy to Reduce the Count of Moment Conditions in Panel Data GMM

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Maria Elena Bontempi and Irene Mammi
University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Panel data, generalized method of moments, proliferation of instruments, principal component analysis, persistence

A Strategy to Reduce the Count of Moment Conditions in Panel Data GMM

Quaderni - Working Paper DSE No. 843
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Sep 2012
Maria Elena Bontempi and Irene Mammi
University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Panel data, generalized method of moments, proliferation of instruments, principal component analysis, persistence

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Pre-Trade Transparency on the Italian Stock Exchange: A Trade Size Model on Panel Data

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 25 Sep 2009
Maria Elena Bontempi, Caterina Lucarelli, Camilla Mazzoli and Annagrazia Quaranta
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Polytechnic University of Marche and University of Camerino - Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences
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pre-trade transparency, trade size, private information, panel data

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Uncertainty, Perception and the Internet

Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N° 1134, 2019
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 23 Oct 2019
Maria Elena Bontempi, Michele Frigeri, Roberto Golinelli and Matteo Squadrani
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna
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macroeconomic uncertainty measurement, perception of uncertainty, Internet searches, Google Trends, finance-based indexes, survey-based indexes, news-based indexes

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Pca2: Implementing a Strategy to Reduce the Instrument Count in Panel GMM

Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N° 960
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Sep 2014
Maria Elena Bontempi and Irene Mammi
University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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pca2, proliferation of instruments, principal component analysis, panel data, generalized method of moments

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Why Demand Uncertainty Curbs Investment: Evidence from a Panel of Italian Manufacturing Firms

Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 32, 2010, Bank of Italy Temi di Discussione (Working Paper) No. 621
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 May 2007 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2012
Giuseppe Parigi, Maria Elena Bontempi and Roberto Golinelli
Bank of Italy, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna - Department of Economics
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planned investments, demand uncertainty, survey data, panel estimation

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Market Power and Duration of R&D Investment in a Panel of Italian Firms

Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N° 1057
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Feb 2016
Maria Elena Bontempi, Luca Lambertini and Erica Medeossi
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Prometeia
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investment in R&D, investment in physical capital, market power, duration, panel data

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The Effect of Neglecting the Slope Parameters Heterogeneity on Dynamic Models of Corporate Capital Structure

Quantitative Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Aug 2012
Maria Elena Bontempi and Roberto Golinelli
University of Bologna - Department of Economics and University of Bologna - Department of Economics
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Dynamic models of corporate capital structure, Heterogeneity, Time series and panel data unit root tests, Nested models, Trade off, pecking order and market timing theories

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Intangible Capital and Productivity: An Exploration on a Panel of Italian Manufacturing Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w14108
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 22 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2022
Maria Elena Bontempi and Jacques Mairesse
University of Bologna - Department of Economics and National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) - Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST)
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Measuring Economic Uncertainty for Poland

Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N° 1178
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Dec 2022
Stanisław Bartha and Maria Elena Bontempi
University of Bologna, Department of Economics and University of Bologna - Department of Economics
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Economic Uncertainty, Uncertainty in Poland, Regional Uncertainty, Native Language and English, Internet Searches, Google Trends.

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Capital Structure Across Italian Regions: The Roles of Financial and Economic Determinants

Posted: 21 Jun 2017
Filippo di Pietro, Maria Elena Bontempi, Maríaa-José Palacín-Sánchez and Reyes Samaniego-Medina
University of Seville, University of Bologna - Department of Economics, University of Seville and Universidad Pablo de Olavide

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Capital Structure, Regional Financial Sector, Financial Development, Banking Concentration, Financial Crisis