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Wagenvoort, Rien; Schure, Paul - In: EIB papers 4 (1999) 1, pp. 105-126

On the first of January 1993, the Second Banking Directive (1989) of the European Union and a number of the other EU Directives (1) related to the financial service industry were implemented. This heralded a new episode of deregulation, standardised minimum capital requirements and changes in...

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R&D capital and economic growth : the empirical evidence

McMorrow, Kieran; Röger, Werner - In: EIB papers 14 (2009) 1, pp. 94-118

reduction of entry barriers for start-ups and increasing high-skilled labour would contribute towards raising productivity and … come close to achieving the Lisbon productivity and knowledge-investment targets. Achieving US standards in all three areas … would reduce the productivity gap by about 50 percent. Improving the quality of tertiary education and increasing …

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Measuring intangible capital and its contribution to economic growth in Europe

Ark, Bart van; Hao, Janet X.; Corrado, Carol; Hulten, … - In: EIB papers 14 (2009) 1, pp. 62-93

labour-productivity growth in the US and larger countries of the EU. The continental West-European countries show a … from intangibles, and also larger multi-factor productivity (MFP) growth rates related to the restructuring of those …

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Business R&D expenditure and capital in Europe

Helmers, Christian; Schulte, Christian; Strauß, Hubert - In: EIB papers 14 (2009) 1, pp. 36-61

technologyintensive manufacturing industries and is positively correlated with growth in total factor productivity across countries and …

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Innovation and economic growth

Uppenberg, Kristian - In: EIB papers 14 (2009) 1, pp. 10-35

The literature on economic growth has identified knowledge expansion as a key propellant. Early research derived this conclusion from the residual that remained after the growth contributions from capital and labour had been accounted for. Later modifications expanded the concept of fixed...

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The politico-economic determinants and productivity effects of regional transport investment in Europe

Kemmerling, Achim; Stephan, Andreas - In: EIB papers 13 (2008) 2, pp. 36-60

We study the determinants and productivity effects of regional transportation infrastructure investment in France …, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We estimate productivity effects with regional production functions for each country controlling … investment two broad categories are considered: First, the normative principles such as efficiency, equity, and redistribution …

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Is there a lack of public capital in the European Union?

Kamps, Christophe - In: EIB papers 10 (2005) 1, pp. 73-93

This paper investigates whether there is a lack of public capital in European Union countries. The analysis builds on a new database providing internationally comparable capital stock estimates for 22 OECD countries, among these 14 EU countries, for the period 1960-2001. A simple model of...

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Productivity growth prospects and the new economy in historical perspective

David, Paul A. - In: EIB papers 6 (2001) 1, pp. 41-61

connected this with evidence of the revival of labour productivity growth, which became increasingly visible in the aggregate … productivity performance of the preceding two decades. …

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Better schools for Europe

Gundlach, Erich; Woessmann, Ludger - In: EIB papers 6 (2001) 2, pp. 8-22

We try to identify which economic factors might be responsible for the large international differences in student performance. We present time series evidence for a number of European countries which suggests that rising educational expenditures obviously did not improve student performance....

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How productive are capital investments in Europe?

Vanhoudt, Patrick; Mathä, Thomas; Schmid, Bert - In: EIB papers 5 (2000) 2, pp. 81-106

. These notions refer to the fact that sometimes a certain action by an economic agent results indirectly in productivity …

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