, R&D investments, and productivity across 12 OECD economies and 17 manufacturing and service industries. Much of the … positive relationship between those cognitive skills and the labour productivity in a country-sector combination. The part of … the cross-country cross-sector variation in labour productivity that can be explained by human capital is remarkably large …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a “bribe tax” and is compared to another form of institutional inefficiency … their effects in the full sample, only the bribe tax appears to have a negative effect on firm-level productivity, while the … taxes, implying that bribing does not emerge as a second-best option to achieve higher productivity by helping circumvent …

study examines the effects of corruption on productivity. Corruption is defined as a "bribe tax" and is compared with … effect on firm-level productivity, while the effect of the time tax is insignificant. At the same time, there is no evidence … achieve higher productivity by helping circumvent cumbersome bureaucratic requirements. When the sample is split between …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is narrowly defined as the occurrence of informal payments to government officials to ease … the day-to-day operation of firms. The effects of this "bribe tax" on productivity are compared to the consequences of red … tax appears to have a negative impact on firm-level productivity, while the effect of the time tax is insignificant. At …

corruption on productivity. Corruption is narrowly defined as the occurrence of informal payments to government officials to ease … the day-to-day operation of firms. The effects of this "bribe tax" on productivity are compared to the consequences of red … tax appears to have a negative impact on firm-level productivity, while the effect of the time tax is insignificant. At …

transport sector affect their productivity. In order to compare different institutional regimes, we carry out a comparative … productivity, which we regress on firm and city characteristics. We find that when firms are totally or partially in public hands … their productivity is lower. Moreover, firms selected through competitive tendering display higher total factor productivity …