&D investment and productivity growth are more negatively correlated with sales volatility in more credit constrained firms. …

This analysis characterizes empirically how good labour relations can alleviate the negative impact on productivity of … impact on total factor productivity (TFP). Regulatory constraints would become really binding when workers or unions use them …

This paper studies the effect of changes in the employment rate on labour productivity per hour, taking an empirical …

The paper focuses on the influence of upstream competition for productivity outcomes in downstream sectors. This …. Thus, lack of competition in upstream markets curbs incentives to improve productivity downstream, negatively affecting … productivity outcomes. We test this prediction by estimating an error correction model that differentiates the potential downstream …