Showing 1 - 10 of 15,266
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306480
technologies have so far delivered little productivity gains in Europe. In the second half of the past decade, growth contributions … correlation between ICT investment and productivity growth has fled the US to migrate to Europe. … United States, this has not generally been associated to higher labour or total factor productivity growth rates, the only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279279
This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits … a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU …-calculated factor share. These findings suggest investments in knowledge-based capital, i.e., intangible capital, produce productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377291
inclusion of productivity shocks in standard New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC). The question of interest is on the empirical … importance of and whether productivity shocks shift the Phillips curve using U.S. and Euro area data. Highlighting the inclusion … of productivity growth, we employ a hybrid model specification augmented with a productivity term. The model is estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270060
investment in knowledge, and its productivity, looking at sectoral peculiarities which may emerge; to this end, we use a large … positive impact on a firm's productivity, with an overall elasticity of about 0.10; this general result is largely consistent … ahead in terms of the impact on productivity of their R&D investments; moreover, a shift in favour of the service sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280726
Intangible assets, like patents and trademarks, are increasingly seen as the key to competitive success and as the drivers of corporate profit. Moreover, they constitute a major source of profit shifting opportunities in multinational enterprises (MNEs) due to a highly intransparent transfer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427515
Intangible assets are one major source of profit shifting opportunities due to a highly intransparent transfer pricing process. Our paper argues that multinational enterprises (MNEs) optimize their profit shifting strategy by locating shifting–relevant intangible property at affiliates with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427525
the US 1930s, Japan 1990s and recently in the US and Europe. The paper introduces a new balance sheet channel that links …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335985
Since July 2007 the world economy has experienced a severe financial crisis originating in the U.S. housing market. The crisis has subsequently spread to the financial sectors in European and Asian economies and led to a severe worldwide recession. The existing literature on financial crises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320249
This report analyses tax incentives for SMEs in 20 EU countries and five non-EU countries between 2009-2013. Its findings and recommendations are based on a review of tax codes, modelling of tax burdens using two different models, a descriptive analysis of company financial ratios, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390417