We investigate the drivers of firm level productivity in catching-up economies by jointly estimating its relationship … competition and innovation have a simultaneous positive effect on labour productivity in terms of either sales or value added per … productivity. …

-country income and growth gaps. Public sector activities may have an effect on overall productivity and growth via two channels …: directly by the level and changes of productivity within the public sector, and indirectly by triggering off productivity … the size of government are therefore likely to enhance the sector's own productivity and thereby positively contribute to …