literature on the Porter Hypothesis, which posits a positive relationship between environmental regulation and “green” TFP growth …Using a unique plant-level dataset we examine total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components, related to … and enforcement. Our key findings are: (1) prudential regulation limits expansion of plants with high initial pollution …

and regulation and productivity measurement of the German electricity industry in particular. The methodological approach …

This Working Paper presents the different methodologies currently used to construct a volume index of capital services … and analyzes the effects of methodological changes on capital services and total factor productivity estimates for Belgium … over the period 1970-2004. The measurement of capital services is realized in two steps. First, productive capital stocks …

development of voluntary European standards to facilitate compatibility among services, whereas EU Regulation 1025/2012 provides …-setting in services is uncharted territory. This comes as no surprise; due to their tailor-made nature, services are harder to … Services Directive, and, more recently, in the Single Market Act, the European Commission is called upon to lead the …

, both in absolute terms and relative to the United States, offsetting much of the poorer performance of the manufacturing …

performance of Turkey in this period is weaker compared to China. The service sector in Turkey had the lowest labor productivity …

performance of Turkey in this period is weaker compared to China. The service sector in Turkey had the lowest labor productivity …

productivity growth in manufacturing vis-à-vis services. Such a gap is due not only to improvements in the manufacturing sector but … also to a significant slowdown of productivity growth in services. Therefore, despite the success in export markets, the … inability of productivity growth in manufacturing to create positive spill-over effects on services. Persistence of barriers to …