, we extend the concept of supply shocks beyond the productivity shock towards labor supply shocks. Our analysis …

Modern economic theories explain differences in productivity and economic growth across countries by differences in … of these theories in explaining the gap in productivity between any two countries depends on the countries in the sample … developed and developing countries, but are too small to explain the productivity gaps between developed countries. We test this …

This paper analyses the impact of productivity developments in the United States and the euro area on the euro …-dollar exchange rate. The paper presents a new measure of relative average labour productivity (ALP), which does not suffer from the … productivity proxies. Our results indicate that the extent to which productivity can explain the euro depreciation varies with the …

This paper aims to discuss the theory of productivity growth and its empirical applications, several authors emphasize … the impact of real exchange rate devaluation on productivity. The main research question is: does the real exchange rate … have a positive or negative impact on productivity growth? The first step in answering this question is to discuss …