This study reappraises banks’ productivity by using 42 Taiwanese banks during 1999–2007 as observations. It introduces … an input-oriented generalized metafrontier Malmquist productivity index (I-gMMPI), while considering the latent effect of …

This paper estimates the impact of road improvements on firm employment and productivity using plant level longitudinal …, but not the employment of existing firms. We also find effects on labour productivity and wages at the firm level …

This paper analyses the effects of work-related training on worker productivity. To identify the causal effects from …

of demand variation on establishment-level productivity are found. …

This study investigates the role of international spillovers in generating productivity gains for a panel of 24 OECD … related to R&D and human capital variables, which contribute significantly to productivity. …

market to market. We observe significant ex ante productivity differences between firms starting to export to distinct … geographical areas. Country characteristics such as size, distances, and productivity are some of the sources that make the entry …

This paper examines whether stringent environmental regulations induce more R&D and promote further productivity in … influence on R&D. Further evaluation of the influence of induced R&D by environment regulations on industrial productivity shows …

jobs in the region. However, its productivity greatly lags that of the advanced economies, which implies ample room for … a wide range of internal and external policy distortions is vital for improving services sector productivity. As …

This paper examines the role of competition in British productivity performance over the period from the late … 1930s to the 1970s undermined productivity growth but since the 1970s stronger competition has been a key ingredient in … ending relative economic decline. The productivity implications of the retreat from competition resulted in large part from …