on output, inputs and total factor productivity. The analysis provides evidence on the diffusion of intangible investment … slowdown in labour productivity growth has been driven by a decline in TFP growth with relatively a minor role for tangible and …

This paper presents new evidence on the impact of intangible capital on productivity dispersion within industries. It … first shows that rise in productivity dispersion after 2000 is more pronounced in intangible-intensive industries; then … analyses the link between intangible capital intensity and productivity dispersion both at the top and at the bottom of the …

We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and … which increased the costs of opening large stores. This might have caused a slowdown in productivity growth if firms (a … productivity works out at about £80,000 per small chain supermarket store. …