This is the executive summary of a study aiming to support the ongoing discussions on sustainable productivity growth in the EU. The study identifies the main obstacles and presents a selection of farm practices that could enhance total resource productivity.

This is the executive summary of a study aiming to support the ongoing discussions on sustainable productivity growth in the EU. The study identifies the main obstacles and presents a selection of farm practices that could enhance total resource productivity.

We examine the determinants of multinational firms’ location choices in Europe by estimating a nested logit model on a data-set of 5,761 foreign subsidiaries established in 55 regions in 8 EU countries over the period 1991-1999. We find that firms perceive regions across different countries as...