Productivity growth has slowed across most OECD economies since the mid-2000s. While important aspects of New Zealand …’s economic performance have improved over this period, productivity growth is still comparatively low. This continues a long …-run trend of poor productivity in New Zealand, which is the key reason why average incomes are still below the OECD average …

We analyze the impact of privatization on multifactor productivity (MFP) using long panel data for nearly the universe …

effects of increased import competition are reinforced for foreign owned firms. In contrast, in Bulgaria and Romania … market structures is associated with higher total factor productivity. However, these effects depend on the ownership …

competition arising from trade reforms lead to increases in innovation? This paper attempts to examine the link between trade … Licandro (2009, 2010) as guide, a two-stage approach is tested where trade and innovation are linked via competition. A … liberalization has significant positive impact on innovation through competition.Given the crucial role of competition in the …

report consists of international comparisons. The main comparison countries are the so-called old EU countries (EU15) of … the international comparisons, the price formation of the food chain, degree of concentration, competition, and the …, competition works in Finland just as well in agriculture, the foodstuffs industry and the wholesale and retail trade as it does in …