foreign investment as a share of GDP in the recent global history, and this has contributed to productivity convergence. We …

-convergence trap" long before the euro years. We also provide stylised facts on: (i) the central role of total factor productivity in …

of the market economy, improved productivity, and enhancement of competitiveness. This report focuses on three critical …

effects of international co-operative R&D on short term productivity gains among European manufacturing firms and to clarify … symmetric Research Joint Ventures (RJVs) increase productivity to a greater extent than RJVs between asymmetric firms. The …

productivity gap and increase a country's ability to absorb superior technologies developed elsewhere. This paper analyzes the … control of corruption on the productivity gap between the "Old" and "New" Europe countries. This is among the first studies to … results strongly support the productivity convergence between the "Old" and "New" Europe countries, with a positive impact of …