accounts of profit inflation, wherein U.S. firms' market power allowed them to maintain - and, for some firms, increase - their …

In this paper, we argue that fundamental reforms of the Swedish business sector can explain the remarkable productivity … and employment growth that followed the deep economic crisis in Sweden in the early 1990s. In the 1970s and 1980s, Sweden … had one of the most regulated business sectors in the developed world. In the 1990s, however, Sweden reformed its labour …

How can a country improve the productivity growth in its business sector and reach its growth potential? Sweden during … sector. In the 1990s, Sweden implemented a reform package that ignited a successful reorganization of a business sector that … of Sweden's reforms. We also discuss how the reform experience from a developed country such as Sweden can be useful for …

This paper studies the effect of a local sectoral productivity shock on subnational structural transformation. The … 2013 for Ghana. Based on the data, the analysis confirms the occurrence of a mining productivity shock. Between 2004 and … than in the north of the country. The findings show that the mining productivity shock led to growing regional (north …

avoid the negative potential growth differentials by 2020-23. Total factor productivity was insufficient to avoid a … permanent slowdown that had become more severe with each shock. Additionally, labor declined in response to decelerating …