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We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme were associated with increased product market competition.

In this we provide evidence that correlations between incumbent productivity growth and patenting arise from a causal effect predicted by Schumpeterian growth theory.

This article exploits a quasi-experimental setting to estimate the impact that a commonly used performance-related pay scheme had on branch performance in a large distribution firm.

We analyze the impact of product market competition on unemployment and wages, and how this depends on labour market institutions.

This paper exploits a quasi-experimental setting to estimate the impact that a multi-dimensional group incentive scheme had on branch performance in a large distribution firm.

We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme (SMP) were associated with increased product market competition, as measured by a reduction in average profitability, and with a subsequent increase in innovation intensity and productivity growth for manufacturing sectors.

The paper provides empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the Single Market Programme were associated with increased product market competition.

This report analyses the impact of product market reforms, in the form of the EU Single Market Programme, on the extent of product market competition and the subsequent effects of competition on innovation activity and productivity growth.

Opening product markets up to competition has helped to reduce unemployment in many European countries, according to new research from the IFS.

We analyze the impact of product market competition on unemployment and wages, and how this depends on labour market institutions.

How does firm entry affect innovation incentives and productivity growth in incumbent firms?

How does firm entry affect innovation incentives and productivity growth in incumbent firms? Micro-data suggests that there is heterogeneity across industries - incumbents in technologically advanced industries react positively to entry, but not in laggard industries.

This paper discusses some of the main issues involved in the measurement of productivity in retail, and how these problems are being tackled in new work using microdata on the UK supermarket industry.

Recent attention has focused on the UK's productivity gap in the retail sector.

Many writers have claimed that research and development (R&D) has two faces.

How does entry affect productivity growth of incumbents? In this paper we exploit policy reforms in the United Kingdom that changed entry conditions by opening up the U.K. economy during the 1980s and panel data on British establishments to shed light on this question.

How does entry affect productivity growth of incumbents? In this paper we exploit policy reforms in the United Kingdom that changed entry conditions by opening up the U.K. economy during the 1980s and panel data on British establishments to shed light on this question.

This paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two issues neglected in the existing literaturethe role of multinationals in service sectors and the importance of R&D activity conducted by foreign multinationals.

This paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership andproductivity, paying particular attention to two issues neglected in the existing literature the role of multinationals in service sectors and the importance of R&D activity conductedby foreign multinationals.

This study analyses the macro-economic impact of product market reforms undertaken in the European Union over the 1980s and 1990s by examining a large number of regulations and reforms across EU countries.

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.

This paper investigates whether there is a convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at the establishment level.

Many sectors of the UK economy experienced rapid productivity growth over the 1980's. This coincided with an increase in the flow of inward investment.

Recently the data underlying the Annual Census of Production has been made available to academic

This commentary asks whether a productivity gap is really the problem facing Britain. Do lower levels of output per worker suggest greater inefficiency or do they reflect differences in levels of inputs? Historically low levels of investment suggest that our stock of R&D, physical and human capital may be lower than it is in the other main industrialised countries.