How can a country improve the productivity growth in its business sector and reach its growth potential? Sweden during …

In this paper, we argue that fundamental reforms of the Swedish business sector can explain the remarkable productivity … firms substantially contributed to productivity and employment growth during this period, which suggests that the …

that variations in the upstream competition, especially in network industries, affect the average productivity level in … manufacturing industry: an increase in average markups is associated with a reduction in manufacturing productivity. The findings …

productivity e ects of changing industry structure, ownership structure and regulation with respect to barriers to entry and access … sluggish productivity improvements of European electricityfirms due to refirms implemented in the last decade. In particular …, productivity gains are associated with high-productivityfirms close to the technology frontier, while no signi cant impact is found …

specification of TFP is based on a "neo-Schumpeterian" empirical specification in which productivity improvements depend on growth … at the global technological frontier and a catch up term. We assume that regulation can affect productivity growth both … to reduce the productivity performance of firms. The negative effect is particularly strong on firms characterised by an …

specification of TFP is based on a "neo-Schumpeterian" empirical specification in which productivity improvements depend on growth … at the global technological frontier and a catch up term. We assume that regulation can affect productivity growth both … to reduce the productivity performance of firms. The negative effect is particularly strong on firms characterised by an …

productivity of European network firms. Exploiting the variation in the timing and degree of liberalization efforts across … countries and industries, we find that liberalization increased firm-level productivity but had no reallocation impact. Based on … our estimates, the average firm-level productivity gain from liberalization amounts to 38 percent of the average total …

pressures, the efficiency of resource allocation and productivity growth. We show that product market regulations differ across … important role in driving resource allocation and productivity outcomes. Countries and industries where direct and indirect … regulatory burdens are lighter have generally experienced the highest GDP per capita and productivity growth rates. Moreover …

implemented during the 1990s are now paying off in terms of productivity and GDP growth. Empirical evidence suggests that … deregulation has delivered a considerable “productivity dividend”. Although significant progress therefore has been made, renewed …