The Economics of Firm Productivity

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-48923-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 510 g

Productivity varies widely between industries and countries, but even more so across individual firms within the same sectors. The challenge for governments is to strike the right balance between policies designed to increase overall productivity and policies designed to promote the reallocation of resources towards firms that could use them more effectively. The aim of this book is to provide the empirical evidence necessary in order to strike this policy balance. The authors do so by using a micro-aggregated dataset for 20 EU economies produced by CompNet, the Competitiveness Research Network, established some 10 years ago among major European institutions and a number of EU productivity boards, National Central Banks, National Statistical institutes, as well as academic Institutions. They call for pan-EU initiatives involving statistical offices and scholars to achieve a truly complete EU market for firm-level information on which to build solidly founded economic policies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Altomonte, Carlo

Di Mauro, Filippo

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geldwirtschaft, Währungspolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Industrielle Organisation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Basic concepts; 3. Productivity estimation; 4. Measuring market efficiency; 5. Sources of data; 6. Productivity and the financial environment; 7. Productivity and the labour market; 8. Productivity in a borderless world; 9. Productivity and competitive pressure; 10. Conclusion and final remarks.

Über Autor(innen)

Di Mauro, Filippo
Filippo di Mauro is the founder and chairman of CompNet, a leading forum for productivity research and provider of a top standard firm-level based dataset. He has been an economist and research manager in central banks (Bank of Italy, US Fed and ECB) and international organizations (IMF and ADB).

Altomonte, Carlo
Carlo Altomonte is Associate Professor of Economics at Bocconi University and non-resident fellow at Bruegel. He has acted as consultant for a number of international institutions, including the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the United Nations.