of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …

economic fundamentals, such as savings, investment, productivity, and export diversification, remain stagnant. The good news in …

business environment variables at the subnational level in explaining firm employment and productivity growth. The analysis …

This is the background paper for the productivity extension of the World Bank's Long-Term Growth Model (LTGM). Based on … an extensive literature review, the paper identifies the main determinants of economic productivity as innovation … representing each of the main categories of productivity determinants and, combining them through principal component analysis …

This paper examines the role of changes in sectoral productivity gaps over time in accounting for growth realized by … countries over the past few decades. To quantify the productivity impact of the sectoral gaps, a simple model of resource … changes in distortions is because of unrealized gains suggested by high levels of present distortions, productivity gains are …

accumulation, and total factor productivity, unlike previous periods. Resources play a role by attracting capital inflows …

This paper tests whether structural or firm-specific characteristics contributed more to (labor) productivity growth in … the European Union between 2003 and 2008. It combines the Amadeus firm-level data on productivity and firm characteristics … characteristics are most important for firm productivity growth, particularly the stock of inward foreign direct investment and the …