This paper studies the process of plant exit and productivity growth in Japan during the ‘lost decade’. A productivity … decomposition shows the low rate of productivity growth at the aggregate level to be due to slow within plant productivity growth … other country contexts except we find no effect from import competition. Our results suggest that the low productivity …

practices of others. That some firms converge relatively slowly to the productivity frontier suggests the existence of factors … that cause them to under-invest in their productivity. In this paper we explore whether higher rates of corporate taxation … affect firm productivity convergence because they reduce the after tax returns to productivity enhancing investments for …

practices of others. That some firms converge relatively slowly to the productivity frontier suggests the existence of factors … that cause them to under-invest in their productivity. In this paper we explore whether higher rates of corporate taxation … affect firm productivity convergence because they reduce the after tax returns to productivity enhancing investments for …

spending on health, education and transport on firm productivity. Our identification strategy is based on within industry …-province differences between firms of the effects of public spending. We show that public spending composition affects firm productivity … effects of fiscal policy and by unobserved industry- or province-specific productivity shocks. In contrast to related existing …

spending on health, education and transport on firm productivity. Our identification strategy is based on within industry …-province differences between firms of the effects of public spending. We show that public spending composition affects firm productivity … effects of social policy and by unobserved industry- or province-specific productivity shocks. In contrast to related existing …

This paper attempts to explain the level and dynamics of firm level productivity through a model of convergence, for UK … service sector firms over the period 1988 to 1998. Firms of different characteristics have different productivity levels and … firm and weak evidence that it is related to firm age. Given the high initial productivity of foreign owned firms we …

practices of others. That some firms converge relatively slowly to the productivity frontier suggests the existence of factors … that cause them to underinvest in their productivity. In this paper we explore how far higher rates of corporate taxation … affect firm productivity convergence by reducing the after tax returns to productivity enhancing investments for small firms …