This paper examines the effects of OPEC membership on economic development. Using the theory of transaction cost economics (TCE), we show that OPEC satisfies the characteristics of a hybrid organisation under TCE. Thus, membership in OPEC should improve economic development by reducing...

Purchasing power parities (PPPs) for R&D expenditure in 19 manufacturing industries are developed for France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom relative to the United States for the years 1997 and 1987. These PPPs are based on R&D input prices for specific cost categories...

India’s federal and state-level labour regulations are evaluated using a set of standardised tools. Though federal labour regulations are found to be highly restrictive in international comparison with OECD countries, there is considerable variation in the regulatory stance in individual...

The variation in legal system quality across states in Mexico is used to examine the relationship between judicial quality and firm size over the course of the 2000s, when systemic changes were taking place. Using economic census microdata and survey-based measures of legal institutions, a...

Report on US National Science Foundation Grant SRS/SES 00-99594

This study offers empirical evidence about how the structure of government and private ownership affects productivity in Chinese firms. It uses the microdata of China’s most recent decennial industrial census, covering all of the 23,000 large and medium industrial firms operating in China...

This work was supported by The National Science Foundation project “Internationally Comparable Science, Technology, and Competitiveness Indicators” (SRS00-99594) and the International Economic program of The Conference Board. Inklaar, McGuckin and van Ark are with The Conference Board and...

Purchasing power parities (PPPs) for R&D expenditure in 19 manufacturing industries are developed for France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom relative to the United States for the years 1997 and 1987. These PPPs are based on R&D input prices for specific cost categories...

This study offers empirical evidence about how the structure of government and private ownership affects productivity in Chinese firms. It uses the microdata of China's most recent decennial industrial census, covering all of the 23,000 large and medium industrial firms operating in China during...