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 At the heart of research in this area is the study of firm’s behaviour and the role of institutions and public policy. Research to date has covered several topics, including: the determinants of R&D, innovation and technology transfer; how firms are structured and why firms outsource or offshore activities; and what are the determinants and consequences of firms' location decisions. Work has included consideration of the role of the following on firms’ decisions and outcomes: corporate taxes; product and labour market regulation; planning regulations; the role of universities; agglomeration of activities; skills and wages. Our work is mostly empirical, with a strong ground in economic theory and a focus on linking our empirical findings to practical policy issues. Our research is often used to help to better understand factors that underlie the UK's productivity performance and what determines differences in aggregate trends in productivity and innovation across industries and countries. Search
Rachel Griffith, Rupert Harrison, Jonathan Haskel and Mari Sako
The UK's poor productivity performance relative to the US has been a focus for government policy and analysis in recent Budgets and Pre-Budget Reports. The labour productivity gap fell over the early 1990s, when the UK experienced relatively faster growth in business sector labour productivity than the US, but it has since increased again as productivity growth slowed in the UK and accelerated in the US. This aggregate picture hides considerable variation at the industry level. In some industries the gap has narrowed substantially over the past decade, while in others it has widened. As a result, although the total size of the productivity gap did not change very much over the 1990s, the industries that account for the majority of the gap have changed considerably. An understanding of where the productivity gap arises is essential to be able to target policy effectively.
Henry Ohlsson
This paper compares public and private firms using the refuse collection costs of 170 firms in 115 Swedish municipalities.
Max Munday, Michael J. Peel and Karl Taylor
This paper analyses the reported performance of foreign-owned manufacturing subsidiaries in the UK between 1994 and 1998.
Andrew B Bernard, Stephen Redding, Peter K Schott and Helen Simpson
This paper shows that the location of economic activity is correlated with the variation in relative wages.
Andrew B Bernard, Stephen Redding, Peter K Schott and Helen Simpson
This paper shows that the location of economic activity is correlated with the variation in relative wages.
Kelly Edmiston, Shannon Mudd and Neven Valev
In this study, we examine the connection between the varied experiences of the transition countries in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and their diverse experiences in transforming their tax structures to be consistent with a market economy.
Andrew B Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen and Peter K Schott
This paper examines the role of international trade in the reallocation of U.S. manufacturing activity within and across industries from 1977 to 1997.
Andrew B Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen and Peter K Schott
This paper examines the response of industries and firms to changes in trade costs.
Rachel Griffith and Rupert Harrison
Understanding why the UK has performed relatively poorly in terms of R&D is important for predicting whether current policies can halt this decline and ultimately narrow the productivity gap. This Briefing Note documents and disentangles trends in UK R&D over the period 1981-2000.
Helen Simpson and Rupert Harrison
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