Nach den Ergebnissen des ifo Investitionstests Frühjahr 2012 zeichnet sich im ostdeutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbe für 2012 eine Steigerung der Investitionen um rund 11% und für 2011 ein Zuwachs der Investitionsvolumina um gut 8% ab.

We define aggregate productivity growth as the change in aggregate final demand minus the change in the aggregate cost of primary inputs. We show how to aggregate plant-level data to this measure and how to use plant-level data to decompose our measure into technical efficiency and reallocation...

We define aggregate productivity growth as the change in aggregate final demand minus the change in the aggregate cost of primary inputs. We show how to aggregate plant-level data to this measure and how to use plant-level data to decompose our measure into technical efficiency and reallocation...