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Enterprise productivity: a three-speed Europe

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  • Dall'Olio, Andrea
  • Iootty, Mariana
  • Kanehira, Naoto
  • Saliola, Federica

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Between 2003 and 2008 productivity patterns diverged between the fast growing, newest members of the European Union and the slower paced, elder ones JEL Classification: D22, H11, O47, O52

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  • Dall'Olio, Andrea & Iootty, Mariana & Kanehira, Naoto & Saliola, Federica, 2014. "Enterprise productivity: a three-speed Europe," Working Paper Series 1748, European Central Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:ecb:ecbwps:20141748
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    Keywords

    doing business; European Union; firm characteristics; firm performance; foreign direct investment; global value chains; productivity; regulation;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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