productivity growth in Europe, using the most recent Cambridge Econometrics regional database, EU KLEMS growth and productivity … accounts and EuroStat R&D data. We apply a reduced-form empirical specification for semi-endogenous productivity growth that … allows for differences in steady state income levels and long-run growth rates. Productivity growth in a region depends on …

technological change in terms of technological congruence and its effects on total factor productivity (TFP). Evolution of the match …

We study the origins of labor productivity growth and its differences across sectors. In our model, sectors employ … a large and increasing contribution to aggregate labor productivity growth. Neither capital accumulation nor the …

plants in Germany and, if so, in which direction. Hence, we aim at contributing to the still sparse empirical studies in this … regional agglomeration effects for Germany. Second, while earlier papers looked only at few sectors of the economy or only at … to influence productivity. To this end we estimate plant-level production functions augmented by regional characteristics …

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 …

The present paper analyses whether and how the affiliation of a firm to a business group affects its productivity … Bureau van Dijk's MARKUS database and from the Cost Structure Panel we assess differences in productivity (1) between … groups, region, sector and size of firms, it is shown that group members have a productivity premium between 6 and 28 …

-up countries comes from the total factor productivity growth (TFP), which motivates us to take a deeper look on the factors behind … TFP developments. The objective of this paper is to shed light on the characteristics behind the productivity development … in the new EU member countries. It may be generalised that the productivity development of a country, industry or firm is …