EU's 2007 enlargement by Bulgaria and Romania is evaluated by applying a simple macroeconomic integration model able to … Romania spill-over to EU15, including Austria and the 10 new member states of the 2004 EU enlargement. The pattern of the … integration effects is qualitatively similar to those of EU?s 2004 enlargement by 10 new member states. Bulgaria and Romania gain …

The paper addresses the link between productivity and labour mobility. The hypothesis tested is that technology is … diffused within the new environment creating spillovers and leading to productivity improvements. The empirical analysis is … considerable beneficial effects on industry productivity. Possible endogeneity problems related to labour mobility are tackled by …

, productivity growth and capital accumulation. Moreover, there is evidence of a positive contribution to the process stemming from …

quantities, variety and productivity. Under constant elasticity of demand, each firm prices above its average cost, yet we show …

missed. Looking at the relationship between FDI growth on one hand and labour productivity, capital productivity and …

Empirical studies analysing productivity effects of inward FDI in Latin America (LA) are inconclusive. We argue that … FDI to generate productivity effects differs across sectors. For these reasons and because sectoral FDI intensities vary … significantly among LA countries and change over time, we investigate the productivity effects of FDI in eight different sectors …

productivity is tested for a large panel of Irish manufacturing firms. Theory suggests that as firms outsource more 'non …-core' activities to specialized providers, productivity due to the firm benefiting from cheaper or higher-quality inputs and from … outsourcing is found to lead to productivity gains, but upon closer inspection it seems that firms? international orientation and …