This Country Focus discusses the relation between public investment and economic growth in Poland. Theoretical and … higher public investment stimulates growth in Poland. In recent years, a significant effort has already been made to increase …

to shocks. We use a stylised two-bloc, two-period model of the global economy, with a simple stochastic productivity … shock affecting only one country. Efficient global risk-sharing imply that expected productivity gains in one country will … for the productivity gains can further increase the risk exposure of foreign shareholders. The model is calibrated to show …

the international transmission of productivity improvements generate the observed degree of risk-sharing: one associated …

firm entry and exit as well as survival analysis of new firms. Also, decompositions of productivity change into components … consisting of resource reallocation, firm entry and exit, and productivity growth within continuing firms are carried out. The … productivity compared to incumbent firms and changes in the sectoral structure of the economy. The decomposition of productivity …

Slovakia is engaged in an ambitious reform process which has the potential to quicken productivity growth, increase the …

research and development on the determinants of productivity gaps between the current EU-15 and accession states in central and … specialisation patterns for the explanation of observed productivity gaps and for the projection of future potentials of productivity … growth in central and eastern Europe. For the aggregated level, analysis determines the share of national productivity gaps …

The.31st CEIES seminar "Are we measuring productivity correctly" was held on 12 and 13 October in Rome, Italy. It … of the art in measurement of productivity worldwide, - to identify major challenges for statistics with a special focus …

This paper discusses the channels between openness and productivity and trade hampering factors. The stylized facts … internal market policies for goods and services trade and foreign direct investment. These policies can deal with reducing …