This paper estimates the effect of energy tax (and price) changes on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and net trade at the industry level, using a panel of industries from European countries covering the period 1990–2003. We investigate the hypothesis that industries with high adaptive capacity...

Using a balanced panel data set covering the period of 1992–2004 and employing a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)-based Malmquist Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index, this paper aims to examine the impact of regulatory reform on the performance of Indian commercial banks. We also explore...

By employing the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method, this paper attempts to examine the impact of Off-Balance Sheet (OBS) items on Chinese banks' total factor productivity. The results suggest that state-owned, joint stock and city commercial banks have exhibited lower Total Factor...

By employing the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) method, this paper attempts to examine the impact of Off-Balance Sheet (OBS) items on Chinese banks' total factor productivity. The results suggest that state-owned, joint stock and city commercial banks have exhibited lower Total Factor...

This paper analyses the nature and details of the impact which the integration of social and environmental considerations with business strategy has on different dimensions of competitiveness and innovation activity on the firm level. Its objective is to answer the question as to whether a...

This paper examines the productivity effect of technology spillovers via vertical linkages through foreign direct investment (FDI) in India. An analysis of firm-level panel data from the Indian manufacturing sector from 2000–2001 to 2007–2008 employing the semi-parametric method of...

The objective of this study is to identify knowledge spillovers that spread across regions in Europe and vary in magnitude for different industries. The study uses a panel of 203 NUTS-2 regions covering the 15 pre-2004 EU-member-states to estimate the impact over the period 1998-2003, and...