This paper studies the effect of public sector efficiency on firm productivity using data from more than 400,000 firms … significantly reduces the labor productivity of private sector firms. The results suggest that raising public sector efficiency … across Italy's provinces. Exploiting the large heterogeneity in the efficiency of the public sector across Italian provinces …

This paper deals with efficiency in the public sector. It argues that the habit of relating efficiency to public … could be used for several purposes including increasing public sector efficiency …

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

economic growth and efficiency, using panel data for 40 countries which reformed their financial systems. Financial sector … reform is hypothesized to affect economic growth and efficiency through three main channels: the real interest rate … representing the interest cost of capital, the volume of intermediation, and financial sector efficiency. The results indicate that …

This paper provides an overview of statistical measurement issues relating to alternative measures of core inflation …, and the criteria for choosing among them. The approaches to measurement considered include exclusion-based methods …

measures inspired by the economic theory of index numbers. The indices provide a theoretical benchmark for estimated real …

measurement of reinvested earnings and illustrative examples as to recording, from the Fund’s Balance of Payments Compilation …