The study aims at describing productivity growth in the manufacturing sector for a selected panel of five European … countries using firm-level data. The paper explores the empirical regularities of firm productivity distribution across … countries. In particular, we assess the degree of persistence of firm relative productivity and consider its effect on aggregate …

prices, productivity levels and markups as functions of openness to trade at a sectoral level. The theory lends itself … evidence that trade openness exerts a competitive effect, with prices and markups falling and productivity rising. Consistent …

Why do cities differ so much in productivity? We document that most of the measured dispersion in productivity across … US cities is spurious and reflects granularity bias: idiosyncratic heterogeneity in plant-level productivity and size …

industries. Over the same period, productivity gains from reallocation accounted for 50% of European productivity growth and … with changes in productivity and allocative efficiency. This holds across most sectors and countries and supports the …

industries. Over the same period, productivity gains from reallocation accounted for 50% of European productivity growth and … with changes in productivity and allocative efficiency. This holds across most sectors and countries and supports the …

productivity shocks. However, the dispersion of firms’ productivity shocks has decreased too. To enhance our understanding of these …

productivity shocks. However, the dispersion of firms’ productivity shocks has decreased too. To enhance our understanding of these …

productivity performance of large European R&D Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). Based on the worldwide subsidiaries of these firms … from globalisation on firms’ R&D productivity, especially in the US, while a negative impact for industrial diversification …