We propose a novel, multilaterally consistent productivity approach-based indicator to assess the international price … attention has been paid to an appropriate selection of price and productivity data in levels as opposed to indices, and to the …

perform relatively well, and that firms receiving EU funding experience a persistent productivity increase of approximately 3 …

increase in fossil fuel prices on sectoral size, labor productivity, and inflation. A hike in the price of fossil resources … display higher idiosyncratic productivity. While this process enhances average labor productivity, it also results in a … cost in terms of output and lower average productivity, but leads to a faster recovery in business dynamism. Thus, our …

We study the relation between firms financial structure, access to external finance and labor productivity using a … to estimate the direct impact of access to finance to firm-level productivity. We find negative and significant effects … estimated loss of around 21% of their labor productivity. In addition, each country would gain on average between one and two …

This paper provides a new cross-country evaluation of competitiveness, focusing on the linkages between productivity … establish new stylized facts regarding the joint distributions of the firm-level exports performance and productivity in a panel …-exporters. However, this productivity premium is rising with the export experience of firms, with permanent exporters being much more …

Between 2003 and 2008 productivity patterns diverged between the fast growing, newest members of the European Union and …, with productivity in Southern Europe going into reverse. This paper analyzes which factors - whether countrylevel or firm … which are part of international groups realize more productivity gains than larger domestic competitors. Among the more …