fixed investment that became excessive and proved to be unsustainable, while the productivity acceleration helps to account … productivity growth linked to the delayed effects of previously invented 'general purpose technologies' stimulated an increase in …-01 collapse of investment and the stock market proves that good public policy matters, going beyond the narrowly defined …

Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro … positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects …,300 suggesting that in some respects investment subsidies can be cost effective. …

, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign surplus. The theory makes only minimal deviations from a neoclassical … growth model. Its building blocks are financial imperfections and reallocation among firms with heterogeneous productivity …. Some firms use more productive technologies than others, but low-productivity firms survive because of better access to …

find no evidence that fixed investment is the only or main source of ignition for economic growth. …

and investment. When the share of output that accrues to the owners of natural resources rises, the demand for capital … allocation of capital may, however, enhance the quantity as well as the quality of new investment and sustain growth. Empirical … thereby inhibiting economic growth. The results also suggest that abundant natural resources may hurt saving and investment …

central to this period but not to be a pure neoclassical phenomenon. It is argued that theory has run ahead of measurement and …-ante returns on investment. …

leading to poor productivity performance are the most plausible explanation of Britain's relative decline. It is argued both …

We examine the growth performance of Sweden in the post-World War II period, focusing on explaining the relative … productivity catch-up is rejected. A number of potential `ultimate' causes behind the slowdown are explored. An increasingly …