provides evidence of a significant and negative relationship between total public debt and productivity growth. Looking at the … specific channels through which high debt affects productivity growth and the allocation of resources in Jamaica, the study … excessively on a few maturing sectors with limited scope for productivity growth. Furthermore, public investment has been crowded …

This paper estimates the effects of trade liberalization on plant productivity. In contrast to previous studies, we … distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to lower tariffs on intermediate inputs …. Lower output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs …

productivity in Canada. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its predecessor, the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement … productivity of Canadian industries, the persistence of structural differences between the two countries has prevented convergence … of aggregate labor productivity. While these findings seem to weigh against moving toward a monetary union, they also …

productivity growth that indicates that The Gambia was able to use its resources more efficiently …

productivity and that they impact the degree of R&D spillovers …

, if they enjoy a higher productivity, or if they benefit from foreign, domestic, or communication networks …

This paper seeks to investigate the transmission mechanisms linking productivity to the real exchange rate in the … former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. At first glance, the stylized facts-low labor productivity growth and a trend real …

large extent, by total factor productivity (TFP) and, to a lower extent, by physical and human capital accumulation. A …; implementing structural reforms necessary to improve productivity and efficiency of investment; attaining fiscal consolidation; and …