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R&D decisions and productivity growth : evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands
Dobbelaere, Sabien; König, Michael D.; Spescha, Andrin; … - 2023
The fraction of R&D active firms decreased in Switzerland but increased in the Netherlands from 2000-2016. This paper examines reasons for this divergence and its impact on productivity growth. Our micro-data reveal R&D concentration among high-productivity firms in Switzerland. Innovation...
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Foreign investment and domestic productivity : identifying knowledge spillovers and competition effects
Fons-Rosen, Christian; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; … - 2017
We study the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) of domestic firms using a new, representative firm-level data set spanning six countries. A novel finding is that firm-level spillovers from foreign firms to domestic companies can be significantly...
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Cyclical and stuctural variation in resource reallocation : evidence for Europe
Bartelsman, Eric J.; López-García, Paloma; … - 2018
provide empirical evidence on factor reallocation in the EU. The analysis finds that reallocation is towards more productive … firms although the magnitude varies across countries and over time. Variation in reallocation is related to structural di …. Productivity enhancing reallocation generally rises in downturns but, similar to findings for the US, it did not pick up in the …
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Productivity gains from offshoring : an empirical analysis for the Netherlands
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Pattipeilohy, Christiaan - 2007 - This version: 19 November 2007
A major question in the globalization debate is whether outsourcing and offshoring activities are beneficial to the home country. This paper investigates the effects on productivity and trade from the perspective of transaction costs, using a recent theory on trade in tasks. A production...
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Forecasting aggregate productivity using information from firm-level data
Bartelsman, Eric J.; Wolf, Zoltán - 2009
This paper contributes to the productivity literature by using results from firm-level productivity studies to improve forecasts of macro-level productivity growth. The paper employs current research methods on estimating firm-level productivity to build times-series components that capture the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011378362
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Growth effects of fiscal policies : a comparative analysis in a multi-country context
Brons, Martijn; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Nijkamp, Peter - 1999
The potential interactions among fiscal policies, investments and economicgrowth are complex and manifold.In this paper, we will perform a systematic comparative analysis of the variouseconomic insights that arecurrently available on these complex relationships, both theoretically (by aselective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301152
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Profit shifting and productivity mismeasurement
Bartelsman, Eric J.; Beetsma, Roel - 2000
This note identifies profit shifting in response to cross-countrydifferences in corporate tax rates as a source of productivitymismeasurement. To quantify the magnitude of mismeasurement, theprofit-shifting effect is isolated from other possible effects ofcorporatetax rates changes on real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304391
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International comparisons of sectoral energy- and labour-productivity performance : stylised facts and decomposition of trends
Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2004
This paper addresses the interplay between economic growth, energy use, change in sectoral composition and technological change, by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity development for 14 OECD countries and four sectors over the period 1970-1997. A cross-country decomposition...
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Decoupling economic growth and energy use : an empirical cross-country analysis for 10 manufacturing sectors
Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2004
This paper provides an empirical analysis of decoupling economic growth and energy use and its various determinants by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970-1997. We explicitly aim to trace back aggregate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334858
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Sectoral energy- and labour-productivity convergence
Mulder, Peter; Groot, Henri L. F. de - 2004
This paper provides an empirical analysis of energy- and labour-productivity convergence at a detailed sectoral level for 14 OECD countries, covering the period 1970-1997. A fã-convergence analysis shows that the development of cross-country variation in productivity performance depends on the...
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