This paper investigates the effect of product market regulations on the international diffusion of productivity shocks … observed divergence of productivity in OECD countries, given the emergence of new general-purpose technologies over the 1990s … of productivity shocks, namely the adoption of information and communications technology and the location decisions of …

substantially over coming decades. In parallel, the next 50 years will see major changes in the composition of the world economy. In …

improve productivity downstream. We confirm such prediction by estimating a model of multifactor productivity growth in which … to the productivity frontier.<P>Les réglementations du marché des produits dans les secteurs amont limitent-elles la …

This paper relates diverging productivity performances across OECD countries over the past fifteen years to differences … of the key channels through which inappropriate service regulations affect productivity growth is by hindering the … that anti-competitive service regulations hamper productivity growth in ICT-using sectors, with a particularly pronounced …

multifactor productivity (MFP), which plays a crucial role in GDP growth and accounts for a significant share of its cross … productivity. Both privatisation and entry liberalisation are estimated to have a positive impact on productivity. In manufacturing …