growth ; productivity ; growth accounting ; investment ; TFP …This study investigates the performances of growth and productivity in Syria for the period 1985-2008 by means of … human capital and total factor productivity (TFP) is assessed. The study shows that much higher investments in physical and …

/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially … in the high-tech industries), and this contributes to explaining the higher productivity of US firms. Conversely, EU … firms are more likely to achieve productivity gains through capital-embodied technological change at least in medium and low …

on output, inputs and total factor productivity. The analysis provides evidence on the diffusion of intangible investment …This paper uses a new cross-country cross-industry dataset on investment in tangible and intangible assets for 18 … European countries and the US. We set out a framework for measuring intangible investment and capital stocks and their effect …

into account. The data are used to study total factor productivity, labour and capital productivity developments in a … changes in labour services and the composition thereof, as drivers of value added and labour productivity growth. Significant …