, imports of high-technology goods, requiring a high level of knowledge, contribute to increased productivity levels. The … productivity increases to the same degree as imports of high-technology goods. Therefore, the removal of barriers to trade and to …

, imports of high-technology goods, requiring a high level of knowledge, contribute to increased productivity levels. The … productivity increases to the same degree as imports of high-technology goods. Therefore, the removal of barriers to trade and to …

We examine the relationship between lax monetary policy, access to high-yield bond markets and productivity in the US … higher risk profile. Since the relationship between credit ratings and firm-level productivity is U-shaped, the aggregate … effect on productivity is a priori unclear. Turning to the real economy, we thus analyse whether this additional access to …

The study analyses the relationships between capital dynamics, productivity, global value chains and foreign direct … capital for productivity and GVC integration. We examine the extent of underinvestment in ICT in the EU relative to other …

The paper studies the drivers of productivity at country and sectoral levels over the period 2000-2017 with the focus … intangible digital capital for productivity growth, particularly in the manufacturing sectors. While backward global value chain … participation and EU integration are also found to be instrumental for accelerating productivity growth, the impact of inward …

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of trade in productivity growth in a sample of 30 sectors in 25 EU … hour worked in these countries appear to be mainly due to positive developments (rising productivity) within single … industries and only to a lower extent result from a shift towards higher productivity activities. Trade is found to be an …

mutual links between international activities of firms and productivity. It is written with a view to inform policy makers in …

Using a unique German firm-level data set, we provide empirical evidence for a productivity sorting along two …