This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …

We compute aggregate productivity of three categories of regions, classified by level of urbanization in the … Netherlands, from firm-specific total factor productivity (TFP) measures. TFP measures are estimated by a semi … over the period 1997-2006. We analyse the productivity differentials across urbanization categories by decomposing them …

This paper analyzes the effect of agglomeration economies on firms' total factor productivity. We propose the use of a … firms’ own efforts to foster productivity through creating and absorbing knowledge. Finally, radii as well as administrative …

The paper analyses the causal effect of capital subsidies on firms' efficiency and productivity by exploiting the … evolves over time, enabling to decompose productivity changes into the change in technical efficiency (i.e., measuring the …

I propose a two-sector endogenous growth model with heterogeneous sectoral productivity and nonlinear hiring costs to … analyse the link between sectoral resource allocation, low productivity growth and stagnant real wages. My results suggest … raises growth of technology, labor productivity and real wages. I show, however, that a slowdown in productivity and …