The paper analyzes the efficiency and productivity of the Romanian banks from 2006-08. It uses a non … are relatively low. Also, even if in 2007 the total factor productivity increased, in 2008 this score of the average … productivity of banks decreased. …

In this paper we investigate the impact of environmental regulation on productivity using a Cobb-Douglas production … function framework. Estimating the effects of regulation on productivity can be done with a top-down approach using data for … increase in pollution abatement costs leads to an estimated productivity decline of $3.11, $1.80, and $5.98 in the paper, oil …

annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills’ vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement … operating costs for 1979-1990. We find a significant negative relationship between pollution abatement costs and productivity … deviation increase in abatement costs is predicted to reduce productivity by 5.4 percent. Older plants appear to have lower …

, exports, and productivity. However, we do not find any evidence that EPMs performed any better than otherwise similar plants …

of these effects on the productivity of different territories. In this work, we show human capital effects on Andalusia … productivity, related to the rest of Spain. Differences observed depend on their different endowments and also of this factor …

This paper studies how firms contribute to the productivity growth of an industry over their lifecycle. We present a … decomposition method that allows us to condition the components of productivity growth on the age of production units. We find … effect is tightly related to the negative initial productivity effect of entry. We also find some evidence that productivity …

This article discusses the key developments in the agricultural sector in India including productivity gains and …

recession Estonia’s gap in income and productivity levels compared with the EU average was still around 30% and as the country … closing the productivity gap in the manufacturing-for-export sector compared with other transition countries would serve as a …