1 “... on the productivity growth of Italian firms and investigates whether total factor productivity growth varies...”

2 “...The Italian economy has been struggling with low productivity growth and bank balance sheet strains...”

3 “...Published in late 2017, the Italian medium-term fiscal plan aims to achieve structural balance...”

4 “... dynamic panel-threshold model with data on 17 Italian regions over the period 1997–2014, we provide...”