This paper studies the productivity impact of heterogeneous capital inputs of selected EU-15 member countries and of …

questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how … received their degree in the years 2000 to 2005 in Europe or the USA. Research productivity is evaluated alternatively as the … number of publications, results suggest a higher productivity by graduates from European universities than from USA …

interesting implications for how one views the huge US current account deficit and how the emergence of China's savings surplus … also at a lower growth rate than without the China effect. Moreover, we argue that the lower real interest rates resulting …

the combination of economic policies adopted by the two key economies, the US and China. Global financial markets served … economic policies followed by emerging markets such as China and the oil-exporting countries contributed to the US ability to …

The integration of China into the global economy is one of the most spectacular events in economic history. This paper … to explore interdependencies between business cycles in China and industrial countries, including the US, the euro area …

American (LA) countries and the four largest economies in the world (namely the US, the Euro area, Japan and China) over the …