services. The link between these reforms and the productivity of manufacturing firms is examined using panel data for about 4 … significant positive effects on the productivity of manufacturing firms. Services reforms benefited both foreign and locally … index of services liberalization resulted in a productivity increase of 11.7 percent for domestic firms and 13.2 percent for …

pressures, the efficiency of resource allocation and productivity growth. We show that product market regulations differ across … important role in driving resource allocation and productivity outcomes. Countries and industries where direct and indirect … regulatory burdens are lighter have generally experienced the highest GDP per capita and productivity growth rates. Moreover …

foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of the FDI decision, a difference … context, is the ability to follow the timing of observed changes in productivity and other aspects of plant performance. The … results suggest that foreign ownership leads to significant productivity improvements in the acquired plants. The improvements …

productivity of manufacturing industries relying on services inputs. The results, based on firm-level data from the Czech Republic …

corporate taxes on productivity and investment. Applying a differences-in-differences estimation strategy which exploits … effect on productivity at the firm level. The effect is negative across firms of different size and age classes except for …. This may partly explain the negative productivity effects of corporate taxes if new capital goods embody technological …

reduce productivity growth by reducing entrepreneurial activity. While the paper focuses on how taxes affect growth, it …

generate substantial productivity improvements across EU member economies. Over a period of 10 years, the predicted increase in … labour productivity resulting from a bold reform package is around 10% for the average EU country, and new member States …

corporate taxes on productivity and investment. Applying a differences-in-differences estimation strategy which exploits … effect on productivity at the firm level. The effect is negative across firms of different size and age classes except for …. This may partly explain the negative productivity effects of corporate taxes if new capital goods embody technological …

This paper relates diverging productivity performances across OECD countries over the past fifteen years to differences … of the key channels through which inappropriate service regulations affect productivity growth is by hindering the … that anti-competitive service regulations hamper productivity growth in ICT-using sectors, with a particularly pronounced …

study examines the link between services sector reforms and the productivity of domestic firms in downstream manufacturing … lead to two conclusions. First, the study finds that services policy matters for the productivity of manufacturing firms …