The aim of this study was to investigate a productivity measurement at the SouthAfrican Minting Company and evaluate … +price recovery” (PPP) model and multi-factor productivity measurement model(MFPMM). APC model was selected as the suitable … the relationship between productivity andquality.Special emphasis was given to profit-linked total factor model as the …

accounting and, subsequently to the estimation of the parameters of this function. The growth accounting results show that the … contribution of total factor productivity (TFP) to growth in GDP averaged about 32 percent over the period, and this contribution …

next best deposits. This tendency to exploit poorer quality ores tends to push productivity down and the prices of mineral … wide range of cost-reducing innovations. These efforts, in turn, helped double labor productivity in copper mining during … their labor productivity and standard of living. In particular, it highlights the stimulating influence of global …

between infrastructure and private productivity. The second subject is the determinants of regional infrastructure investment … infrastructure to private production; the essays three to five study besides the productivity effects also the determinants of …

rigidity. The third essay analyses how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity and firm performance in a … among heterogeneous producers and increases average productivity and profit levels, firm-level bargaining allows less … productive entrants to remain in the market. The positive effect of centralised bargaining on average productivity can, however …

on productivity growth, and additionally export behavior has to be persistent over time. Both conditions are empirically …