productivity (TFP) growth. Our method accounts for profits and adjustment costs, and uses firm surveys to proxy for changes in … crisis. In the United States, our method indicates higher TFP growth overall and a more gradual productivity slowdown. …

of refineries partially offsets the large reduction in consumer surplus. As the theory predicts, these shocks have a …

efficiency change has been invariant to the treatment of the undesirable output as input. The average productivity growth is 2 …, the productivity growth is driven by technological change. …

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 …

-, consultation-, and co-determination rights. The effects works councils have on productivity and profits are estimated for medium …-sized manufacturing firms using information from the IAB establishment panel. The results indicate a positive effect on productivity of 6 …