traditional macro approach to estimating the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) does not handle them well. To counter … jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of firms …

I summarize the main results and policy insights from the 2011 EIB Conference on “Productivity and Long-Term Growth … Potential in Europe.” Europe's need for productivity growth has become more pressing against the backdrop of huge government …-long learning should be fostered and more emphasis put on an ICT-literate workforce. Productivity-enhancing resource reallocation …

Lanjouw and Schankerman (2004) proposed that patent quality is a key driver of R&D productivity but did not find …

This paper looks at productivity growth rates in Malta and Cyprus and proposes policies as to how these island states … countries might augment their productivity and competitiveness. We identify three possible growth strategies for the islands: an … productivity yardsticks. We also evaluate trends in Gross Value Added (GVA), employment levels, and Unit Labour Costs (ULCs) in the …

. To analyze the impact of “free” content on measured private business total factor productivity (TFP) growth, we account …

This paper examines the direct effects of corporate tax on firm productivity along with the interaction effects of tax … policy and R&D activity on productivity at firm level for over 13,062 firms during 2004-2011. Our main findings are first …, that there is evidence for productivity convergence and we find that there is a positive robust relationship between R …

technologies (ICT) for developments in productivity growth in the euro area. On the basis of the available data, there is evidence … overall productivity growth. This implies that there is no reason to believe that potential output growth in the euro area has …

total factor and investment-specific productivity measures. Investment-specific productivity measures are reflected by the …

factor productivity in a large sample of Italian firms. By splitting the full sample on the basis of the ex-ante likelihood … shocks, provided they affect all firms randomly. Both market power and total factor productivity are estimated by applying …-sample of "most sensitive" firms a positive transitory shock to productivity growth rates is observed immediately after the …

traditional macro approach to estimating the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) does not handle them well. To counter … jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of ?firms …