“polarization,“ causing low-productivity firms to exit the market while others temporarily distort their employment upward …. Dynamically, firms are incentivized to improve productivity to meet targets. Using novel data from East German firms post … exit probability, and 10% higher annual productivity growth over the target period. Structural estimates reveal substantial …

: distorted employment decisions, increased productivity, and higher exit rates. Our empirical analysis, using a novel dataset and …% points higher annual productivity growth, and a 3.6% points higher probability of exit for firms with binding employment … after 10 years. Additionally, an alternative policy of productivity investment subsidies proved costly and less effective in …

entry rates and increases in plant productivity. These results are not present for districts located on another major …

factor productivity (TFP) growth and evaluate how public policies affected TFP from 1980 to 2008. During this period …

This study is an attempt to evaluate the effects of product and labour market regulations on industry productivity …-factor productivity is negatively and significantly influenced by both indicators of industrial prices from same industry and weighted … all countries could expect sizeable gains in multifactor productivity from deregulation reforms …