and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … their interaction on productivity growth in small states is more than three times that for large countries, with the …

first propose three measures of firms' productive performance: labor productivity, total factor productivity, and technical … countries in the sample. The exception is Morocco, whose various measures of firm-level productivity rank close to the ones of …

"Using panel data models, the author examines the threshold effects of the productivity of infrastructure investment in … particular, the productivity of infrastructure investment generally exhibits some network effects. When the available stock of … infrastructure is very low, investment in this sector has the same productivity as noninfrastructure investment. On the contrary …

with formal institutions. Second, the impact of labor market institutions on productivity growth has probably been … job creation, and poorly protect workers. But theory and anecdotal evidence also suggest that they, and other related …