Productivity dispersion across countries has led to several studies on the determinants of firm level productivity and … the role of macroeconomic policies in determining productivity. In this paper, we investigate the effect of fiscal … consolidation on firm level productivity in 12 advanced economies by combining an updated dataset of fiscal consolidation measures …

analyse the impact of SO2 reduction in the eighties (1980-1992) on productivity growth, technical efficiency and technological … Sulphur Protocol signed in 1985. First, we estimate an output based Malmquist productivity index using distance functions … and efficiency change. Second, we regress the change in productivity and its two components on a set of explanatory …

are total factor productivity, capital intensity (capital stock per hours worked), working time and employment rate. Over … countries, especially because of the surge in Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and in capital intensity.The main results of the …

corporate taxes on productivity and investment. Applying a differences-in-differences estimation strategy which exploits … effect on productivity at the firm level. The effect is negative across firms of different size and age classes except for …. This may partly explain the negative productivity effects of corporate taxes if new capital goods embody technological …

This paper analyses how different tax policies can affect investment and productivity. To address this question the … productivity tests the hypothesis that taxes affect productivity through different channels and that due to some salient industry … top personal income taxes have a negative effect on productivity. In contrast, tax incentives for research and development …