In the paper, the sources of productivity growth are investigated by an empirical analysis with micro data for West …. The empirical results reveal that innovative firms exhibit more productivity increases. Large firms exhibit more … productivity increases as compared with small firms, ceteris paribus, which hints towards scale economies at the firm level …

productivity (TFP) in the two sectors. To test the theoretical predictions, I use the "Establishment History Panel" together with … sectoral data on total factor productivity. The results confirm the theoretical predictions, i.e. they show a negative …

productivity (TFP) in the two sectors. To test the theoretical predictions, I use the "Establishment History Panel" together with … sectoral data on total factor productivity. The results confirm the theoretical predictions, i.e. they show a negative …

the theory to hold. Furthermore, the study focuses on Total Factor Productivity as a measure of efficiency of resource … Productivity gap with the difference in the quality of institutions and economic freedom performance (where the latter is based on … better and a "catching up" effect of Bulgaria’s Total Factor Productivity levels towards those of Germany has been observed …

the theory to hold. Furthermore, the study focuses on Total Factor Productivity as a measure of efficiency of resource … Productivity gap with the difference in the quality of institutions and economic freedom performance (where the latter is based on … better and a "catching up" effect of Bulgaria's Total Factor Productivity levels towards those of Germany has been observed …

the pronounced worsening of total factor productivity. The paper is rounded out by estimates of some measures of wage …