of the poor institutional environment on profits and the effect of limited competition on productivity measurement. …

stages, total factor productivity growth becomes the primary driver. (Copyright: Elsevier) …

exporting to China is a particularly beneficial conduit of faster productivity growth. In other words, the findings suggest that …

The evidence for a productivity-based explanation for real exchange rate behavior of East Asian currencies is examined … relative productivity ratios, one finds a relationship for Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines. Only when augmenting the … productivity variables, as well as other demand side factors, are less encouraging, except for a small subset of countries …

’s very slow productivity growth was the single most important factor that hurt competitiveness. We argue that a coherent and …