Various attempts have been made recently at explaining why productivity differences persist between rich and poor countries, and why some countries diverge from the world technology frontier in terms of their per capita GDP levels or growth rates, while other countries manage to catch up with...

This paper analyzes the relationship between the entry of new firms and the innovation and productivity growth within existing firms. In particular, we argue that liberalizing entry has a boosting effect on innovation and growth in those existing enterprises that are the most productive prior to...

This paper revisits the relationship between health and growth in light of modern endogenous growth theory. We propose a unified framework that encompasses the growth effects of both, the accumulation and the level of health. Based on cross-country regressions where we instrument for both...

[fre] Cet article traite de certaines questions liées à la transition des économies de l'Est vers des systèmes « de marché ». Après un bref aperçu historique où nous mentionnons les tentatives de réformes partielles engagées dans les années quatre-vingt en Pologne et en Hongrie, et...