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 …

This paper analyses how different tax policies can affect investment and productivity. To address this question the … productivity tests the hypothesis that taxes affect productivity through different channels and that due to some salient industry … top personal income taxes have a negative effect on productivity. In contrast, tax incentives for research and development …

improve productivity downstream. We confirm such prediction by estimating a model of multifactor productivity growth in which … to the productivity frontier. …

This paper assesses the implications of past and ongoing reforms in OECD product markets for the labour productivity …) and multi-factor productivity. We focus on the effects of policies aimed at strengthening private governance (e.g. through …-competitive reforms tend to increase both investment and multifactor productivity and, through both these channels, they can lead to …

Appropriately designed Product Market Regulation (PMR) is essential to enhance productivity, boost economic growth and …

This paper provides estimates of labour productivity levels in OECD manufacturing, for 9 countries and 36 industrial … sectors. It also provides an overview of some of the available evidence on cross-country productivity differences in the … service sector. The paper uses industry-specific conversion factors to calculate productivity levels, based on available …