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 …

The health industry in Canada, as well as in other industrial countries, has been in the process of reform for many … varies from country to country. In Canada, with a publicly funded health industry, the main reform method has been …-care managers in British Columbia, a western province of Canada. The study had a two-fold approach; to ascertain how health reform …

/Interior Architecture between Canada and Australia. This paper discusses the similarities in the educational structure at universities … within Australia and between Australia and Canada causing concern as we find ourselves in a global competitive market place …/architecture education and practice in Australia and Canada. …

two commonwealth countries--Australia and Canada. These countries are of a similar population, size, language, mother … economic events underpinning the progression both countries. It focuses on Australia and Canada from 1977 to 1999, and provides …