multifactor productivity (MFP), which plays a crucial role in GDP growth and accounts for a significant share of its cross … productivity. Both privatisation and entry liberalisation are estimated to have a positive impact on productivity. In manufacturing …

-technology firms. At the same time, both privatization and entry liberalization are estimated to have a positive impact on productivity … privatization policies as a possible source of cross-country dispersion in growth outcomes. They suggest that, despite extensive … liberalization and privatization in the OECD area, the cross-country variation of regulatory settings has increased in recent years …