The study aims at describing productivity growth in the manufacturing sector for a selected panel of five European … countries using firm-level data. The paper explores the empirical regularities of firm productivity distribution across … countries. In particular, we assess the degree of persistence of firm relative productivity and consider its effect on aggregate …

different structural changes between countries to separate the respective effects. Our results show that the effect of entry … lead to misleading conclusions. We find no robust evidence that entry has a price-decreasing effect on markets with … originally 2 operators. However, the entry of a 4th operator does have a price-decreasing effect, but with different dynamics …

different structural changes between countries to separate the respective effects. Our results show that the effect of entry … lead to misleading conclusions. We find no robust evidence that entry has a price-decreasing effect on markets with … originally 2 operators. However, the entry of a 4th operator does have a price-decreasing effect, but with different dynamics …

The paper explores the determinants of productivity gap within the European Union in four industrial manufacturing … Development" (R&D) intensity. Our analysis reveals that some of the most important factors determining productivity gap across the … of technology for closing the productivity gap, this is not the case with the interaction between these two variables …

The paper explores the determinants of productivity gap within the European Union in four industrial manufacturing … Development' (R&D) intensity. Our analysis reveals that some of the most important factors determining productivity gap across the … of technology for closing the productivity gap, this is not the case with the interaction between these two variables …

There is a substantial heterogeneity in productivity when comparing individual firms. However, even when heterogeneity …