We use a new industry-level dataset to quantify the role of ICT in explaining productivity growth in the UK, 1970 … productivity growth in the market sector. Econometric evidence also supports an important role for ICT. We also find econometric …

The US has experienced a sustained increase in productivity growth since the mid-1990s, particularly in sectors that … intensively use information technologies (IT). This has not occurred in Europe. If the US “productivity miracle” is due to a … abroad. This paper shows in fact that US multinationals operating in the UK do have higher productivity than non …

This paper analyzes differences in R&D spending and in the impact of R&D on productivity between German and UK firms …

the lower productivity, more labour-intensive service sectors of the economy to improve their poor employment performance. …

estimates of the tax_price elasticity of R&D and the effect of R&D on productivity. For the latter we allow R&D to have an …

growth and major strands of the empirical literatures on R&D, productivity growth, and productivity convergence. Starting … foundations for the reduced-form equations for Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth frequently estimated empirically using …-run cross-country differences in productivity emerge endogenously, and the analysis implies that many existing studies …

which international trade leads to productivity growth. Finally, using the estimated parameters, simulations evaluate the …