Several recent empirical papers assert that the decision to disclose an earnings forecast shortly before the actual … dynamic model of voluntary disclosure, we show that the decision to disclose a short-term earnings forecast reveals managers … decision to disclose a short-term earnings forecast predicts earnings three years beyond the forecasted period, and that the …

increasing globalisation. In this paper we extend this type of analysis and integrate the effects on productivity growth …, theoretically and empirically. Productivity growth is introduced into the theoretical model making use of the Verdoorn effect or of … productivity growth. Further on, a costpush or Marx/Hicks-effect and hence a positive impact of real wage growth or the wage share …