in times of fiscal downturn. This had led to both downsizing and maximising the productivity of existing employees … contribute to increased productivity and international competitiveness. It also introduced Enterprise Bargaining between …

transmission mechanism in Slovakia. Subject to various sensitivity checks, we find that contractionary monetary policy shock has a … policy shock on Slovak prices is more powerful than that of the National Bank of Slovakia. Slovak central bank interest rate …

This paper investigates the mining industry's poor productivity performance as measured by the conventional multifactor … productivity (MFP) index during the recent mining boom in Australia. We derive a relationship between the measured and 'true' MFP …

This paper empirically investigates and identifies the main contributing factors to output and productivity growth in … capital and ICT are important drivers of output growth in Australia, so their omission from standard productivity measures …

, because of the need to improve economic productivity, and because state regulatory commissions will provide financial …

Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's cement sector vary from indicating an improvement to a decline … in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and … type of indices and econometric specifications used for reporting productivity growth. Analysis shows that in the twenty …

Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's pulp and paper sector vary from indicating an improvement to a … decline in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and … type of indices and econometric specifications used for reporting productivity growth. The authors derive both statistical …

Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's iron and steel sector vary from indicating an improvement to a … decline in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and … type of indices and econometric specifications used for reporting productivity growth. The authors derive both growth …