manufacturers is compared. Major export industries in Japan have higher productivity growth and lower pass-through coefficients than … markets. Other related issues, including nonlinearity in pass-through and sectoral differences in productivity, are also …

The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … highcost, high-income system, particularly with respect to retail/services, and efficiency gains have yet to fully materialize …

private sector output Y. The government is fully informed about worker productivity. By examining the welfare properties of … or may not improve economic efficiency …

management (PIM) institutions and the efficiency of public investment for the G-20 countries. Based on the analysis from a recent … Investment Efficiency Index (PIE-X); and (ii) a new Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) which is applied to G-20 … between investment in high-quality public infrastructure and economy-wide productivity.1 Against the background of a steady …

investment critically depends on its efficiency. Comparing the value of public capital (input) and measures of infrastructure … percent. The economic dividends from closing this efficiency gap are substantial: the most efficient public investors get …

This note examines the efficiency gains that might result from market-based debt reduction and alternative uses of … government investment or consumption. Given considerable uncertainty about the efficiency returns of alternative uses of …