The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between a firm's R&D activities and its productivity using a …'s productivity, with an overall elasticity of about 0.125; this general result is largely consistent with previous literature in … impact on productivity of their R&D investments, at least as regards top European R&D investors. …

The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the … last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US …&D investment into productivity gains. The proposed microeconometric estimates are based on a unique longitudinal database covering …

We reappraise the relationship between productivity and equilibrium real exchange rates using a panel estimation … role of non-traded, as well as traded, sector productivity shocks in exchange rate determination. We find evidence of … significant correlation between real exchange rates and productivity differentials in both sectors. But our finding of a …

persistence typically proceed along two distinct paths, resorting either to the presence of real shocks such as productivity …

euro and the Chinese renminbi (RMB). It focuses on what we call China’s “dominance hypothesis”, i.e. whether the renminbi … global financial crisis. These results are consistent with China’s dominance hypothesis and with the view that the … international monetary system is already tri-polar. However, we also find that China’s currency movements are to some extent …

On 19 June 2010 the Chinese authorities announced that the renminbi (RMB) was henceforth to be pegged to a currency … Seoul Summit on 11-12 November 2010, China committed to further reform the RMB exchange rate regime. We discuss here what a … genuine basket peg could mean for China, with the view that the weight for the EUR should obviously be significantly increased …

of China. In this paper we estimate the effect of deep reform (the right to hire and fire labour, buy and sell capital … and operate on international markets) on the productivity dynamics of enterprises. Using a unique balanced panel of 681 … show that exposure to deep reform have lead to higher productivity realisations while remaining under state ownership. …