This paper aims at investigating the relationship between firms' profit efficiency, access to finance and innovation … efficiency in order to increase profitability. Among firms that have embarked in product innovation, those in the industry and … help to better understand the link between innovation, financial constraints and efficiency, which goes beyond the idea …

financial quality in twelve European countries. Our results show that relatively more profit efficient banks foster growth in … their region. The link between financial quality and growth is valid both in the pre-crisis and post-crisis period. These …

, with productivity in Southern Europe going into reverse. This paper analyzes which factors - whether country-level or firm …-specific ones - contributed more to the emergence of a three-speed Europe. The analysis combines firm-level data with country …

We consider the effect of an increase in public investments on output in Europe against the background of a sharp drop … methodological issues, and provide a literature overview of the effect of public investments on growth. On the basis of updated …

digitalisation on economic growth, and how those effects may be impacted by institutions and governance. It discusses a number of … institutions and governance tend to be associated with greater growth-enhancing effects from digital technologies …

average tends to be associated with particularly poor subsequent real growth performance during this period. Interestingly … in the longer-run, allowing for better use of government expenditures and promoting sustainable growth, social fairness … countries outside Europe.The empirical findings on the importance of institutions are robust to various measures of output …