Even before the financial crisis of 2007/08, there were significant questions about Europe's long-term growth prospects …. After a long period of catching up with US levels of labour productivity, euro area productivity growth had, from the mid … declining rates of total factor productivity (TFP) growth and weaker capital accumulation as areas for concern in an European …

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to …

This paper seeks to analyze the factors affecting the growth of enterprises in the Philippines, as measured from the … in 2009, we correlate the observed growth of these firms with reported constraints in the business environment within … 2009, more than a third of these firms expanded their payroll and majority saw growth in real sales. Amidst a sea of …