We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and … which increased the costs of opening large stores. This might have caused a slowdown in productivity growth if firms (a … productivity works out at about £80,000 per small chain supermarket store. …

of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output … country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country’s macroeconomic performance. After a …

the most deprived parts of Wales have the lowest levels of migration and that both in and outmigration rates are … that people leaving Wales are younger and more educated than migrants to Wales. Furthermore, younger and more educated …

with a labor market regulation are the driving forces of the shadow economy. Furthermore, the results show that the shadow …

We present a growth model in which R&D increases productivity, union-firm bargaining determines the distribution of … rents and the government can support unions by labour market regulation. We show that if unions are initially very strong …, regulation increases only the workers’ profit share and has no impact on employment and growth. Otherwise, regulation increases …