The correlation between a firm’s size and its productivity level varies considerably across OECD countries, suggesting … that some countries are more successful at channelling resources to high productivity firms than others. Accordingly, we … examine the extent to which regulations affecting product, labour and credit markets influence productivity, via their effect …

generate substantial productivity improvements across EU member economies. Over a period of 10 years, the predicted increase in … labour productivity resulting from a bold reform package is around 10% for the average EU country, and new member States …

generate substantial productivity improvements across EU member economies. Over a period of 10 years, the predicted increase in … labour productivity resulting from a bold reform package is around 10% for the average EU country, and new member States …

The correlation between a firm’s size and its productivity level varies considerably across OECD countries, suggesting … that some countries are more successful at channelling resources to high productivity firms than others. Accordingly, we … examine the extent to which regulations affecting product, labour and credit markets influence productivity, via their effect …

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 … countries and industries and have evolved differently over time. We argue that differences in regulation have played an …

This paper relates diverging productivity performances across OECD countries over the past fifteen years to differences …, especially in continental EU countries, tight regulation of services has slowed down growth in ICT-using sectors, which use … of the key channels through which inappropriate service regulations affect productivity growth is by hindering the …

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 …

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 …