management practice; econometric studies; and macroeconomic theoretical analysis. …

to long term via capital deepening effects and total factor productivity (TFP) gains, and in the short to medium term via …The sustained increase in productivity gains from the spread of ICTs may increase potential output growth in the medium … the lagged adjustment of wages to productivity gains. The orders of magnitude resulting from the assessment data presented …

second part of our analysis, we estimate the impacts of our new measures on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in the framework … without being biased by other confounding effects. We find that less competition in the product and labor markets as assessed … by our measures of mark-up and workers' share of rents have both substantial negative impacts on TFP …

The paper focuses on the influence of upstream competition for productivity outcomes in downstream sectors. This …. Thus, lack of competition in upstream markets curbs incentives to improve productivity downstream, negatively affecting … imperfections in the production of intermediate goods. In this context, upstream market imperfections create barriers to competition …

improve productivity downstream. We confirm such prediction by estimating a model of multifactor productivity growth in which … the effects of upstream competition vary with distance to frontier on a panel of 15 OECD countries and 20 sectors over … to the productivity frontier.<P>Les réglementations du marché des produits dans les secteurs amont limitent-elles la …