productivity is analyzed in 54 industries in 14 EU countries and in the US between 1979 and 2001. The conclusion of the study is …In this paper, labor productivity growth and its impacts are studied at the industry level. The development of … that the industry structure that leads to fast productivity growth is connected to falling export prices. The relationship …

We present a harmonized data set on intangible investment for a number of EU countries and an analysis of growth …

We present a harmonized data set on intangible investment for a number of EU countries and an analysis of growth …

coefficients. They are robust to model specifications and estimation methods. The evidence that investment has a long-run effect on …

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

workhorse of the analysis and estimated for the 27 EU-member countries at the NUTS 1 level. The results establish Okun's law as … across the regions. In fact, the law is more inline with the regions of the old EU-member states. Similarly in Germany a …

Understanding the causes of the slowdown in aggregate productivity growth is key to maintaining the competitiveness of … intangible capital, despite having a positive effect on productivity at the micro level, is a driver of the weak productivity …. Using firm-level data, we find that the effect of intangible capital on productivity is heterogeneous across firms within …