’s development path from the economic reforms of 1978 to the present. First, we focus on how government investments in human … global competition—in the computer, automobile, communication-technology, and semiconductor-fabrication industries. Finally …

consistent with a neo-Schumpeterian view of trade and regulation. Close to the technology frontier, import competition has a … heterogeneous effects of international competition and domestic product market regulation on firm-level productivity growth are … substantially. However, far from the frontier, neither import competition nor its interaction with domestic regulation has a …

crisis. In addition, once the collapse of the economy was well under way, labour market reforms in Greece introduced … flexibility that stabilized employment, especially among SME's. At the same time in spite of modest product market reforms the … increasing distortions of a tax system that overtaxes honest productive individuals and businesses, which are by definition more …

alternative productivity growth scenarios for the global economy, particularly for growth, labor markets and the flows of trade … importance of productivity-enhancing reforms and the first-mover benefits that can flow to economies which move closer to the …

investment inflows. Uncertainty over domestic and international economic policy adversely affects the international ow of goods …, services, and investment. When sunk costs are associated with acting, uncertainty about expected profits leads entrepreneurs to … organizations such as the World Trade Organization and agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement reduce policy …

model unbalanced real wage growth causes unemployment and a decrease of domestic investment yields. Resulting low domestic … investment decreases capital stock growth and hence real GDP growth. The excess supply of domestic savings flows abroad, where …

The pre-eminence of trade and investment in the economic prosperity of developed and developing countries cannot be …. However, very little is known about the simultaneous effect of trade and investment on growth in SSA when institutional … control variables are introduced in the model. Therefore, this study examines the role of trade and investment in the growth …