avoid the negative potential growth differentials by 2020-23. Total factor productivity was insufficient to avoid a …This study estimated Tunisia's potential growth with a Cobb-Douglas production function using an unobservable component … growth and its components. In contrast with most studies, we employed the Beveridge Curve to deduce the natural unemployment …

A growth accounting exercise is conducted for 88 countries for 1960-94 to examine the source of cross …-country differences in total factor productivity (TFP) levels. Two differences distinguish this analysis from that of the related … determinants of cross-country differences in TFP have focused on growth rates of real output this analysis is on levels. Recent …

This paper analytically explores and empirically tests a number of hypotheses to explain the rapid growth in transition … economies. The paper finds that growth in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has been higher because of the recovery …

productivity and monetary policy. We identify a condition under which these asset prices become more volatile without affecting the … to productivity shocks. The model we set up does well at matching second moments of exchange rate and equity returns for …

investment intensity by 5 percent of GDP without sacrificing its economic growth (and hence deliver a greater improvement to its …

provides evidence of a significant and negative relationship between total public debt and productivity growth. Looking at the … specific channels through which high debt affects productivity growth and the allocation of resources in Jamaica, the study … excessively on a few maturing sectors with limited scope for productivity growth. Furthermore, public investment has been crowded …

This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity. In contrast to previous studies, we … distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to lower tariffs on intermediate inputs …. Lower output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs …