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Do Manufacturing Firms Benefit from Services FDI? – Evidence from Six New EU Member States
Damijan, Jože; Kostevc, Črt; Marek, Philipp; Rojec, Matija - 2015
This paper focuses on the effect of foreign presence in the services sector on the productivity growth of downstream customers in the manufacturing sector in six EU new member countries in the course of their accession to the European Union. For this purpose, the analysis combines firm-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520535
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Do manufacturing firms benefit from services FDI? : evidence from six new EU member states
Damijan, Jože P.; Kostevc, Črt; Marek, Philipp; … - 2015
This paper focuses on the effect of foreign presence in the services sector on the productivity growth of downstream customers in the manufacturing sector in six EU new member countries in the course of their accession to the European Union. For this purpose, the analysis combines firm-level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519072
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The Importance of Reallocation for Productivity Growth: Evidence from European and US Banking
Bos J.W.B.; van, Santen P.C.; Schilp P. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013
This paper quantifies the effect of reallocation dynamics on aggregate productivity developments in the banking sectors of Europe and the United States. We document an increase in productivity over the period 1995-2009, on the order of 11 in the US and 19 in Europe. At an annual frequency,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856537
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Cross-country private saving heterogeneity and culture
de, Castro Campos M.; Kool C.J.M.; Muysken J. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013
Motivated by the dominant role of cross-country heterogeneity in private saving in the creation of Eurozone imbalances over the past decade, we empirically investigate the determinants of private saving for a sample of 30 OECD countries over the period 1990-2010. In addition to standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856565
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Productivity and age: Evidence from work teams at the assembly line
Weiss M.; Börsch-Supan A. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
combines data on errors occurring in the production process of a large car manufacturer with detailed information on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734855
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Productivity and age: Evidence from work teams at the assembly line
Weiss M.; B?rsch-Supan A. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013
combines data on errors occurring in the production process of a large car manufacturer with detailed information on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734886
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The returns to foreign R&D
Belderbos R.A.; Lokshin B.; Sadowski B. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2015
augmented production function framework allowing for productivity convergence and declining returns to RD. We confirm that for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183209
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Proposal for a Simple Mechanism to Encourage Capital Investment in Electricity Generation Capacity: Illusion or Reality?
Pignon, Virginie; Hermon, Florence; Chaton, Corinne - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
Market prices make it possible to realise returns on capital investments in the electricity sector, but these prices … initiator mechanisms for capital investment but, rather, to study an alternative. We show that this conceptually simple … mechanism allows a single producer (or multiple producers with the same production mix) to recover its (their) costs despite the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707552
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Economics of Conch Shell Industry – A Study in West Bengal
Paul, Anamitra; Jana, Sebak Kumar - In: Journal of Studies in Dynamics and Change (JSDC), ISSN: … 1 (2014) 6, pp. 254-267
, PurbaMedinipur, PaschimMedinipur and Bankura. The paper tries to estimate the cost and profit of the sample the sample conchshell …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272056
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Financial Services Sector as a Driver of Productivity Growth in Hong Kong
Leung, Frank; Han, Gaofeng; Chow, Kevin - Hong Kong Monetary Authority - 2009
Hong Kong has seen strong growth in labour productivity since 2002. Sectoral breakdown shows that the advance in output per labour has been mainly supported by the expansion in financial and trade related activities attributable to the vibrant increase in offshore trade and exports of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017313