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Where to get the best bang for the buck in the United Kingdom? : industrial strategy, investment and lagging regions

Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Gál, Peter; Fulop, Gabor - 2017

The United Kingdom is preparing a modern industrial strategy to boost labour productivity across the whole country and to narrow regional gaps in living standards. This raises the question of the optimal allocation of scarce resources in meeting these targets. This study identifies industrial...

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Boosting export performance in Portugal

Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2015

performance is therefore one of the principal challenges for Portugal. A successful rebalancing of the economy is underway since … to boost productivity growth, such as tax reform, improving the performance of the judicial system and better public … growth performance, as well as firms that are increasing their participation in international trade. …

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Environmental policies and productivity growth : a critical review of empirical findings

Koźluk, Tomasz; Zipperer, Vera - 2013

The economic effects of environmental policies are of central interest to policymakers. The traditional approach sees environmental policies as a burden on economic activity, at least in the short to medium term, as they raise costs without increasing output and restrict the set of production...

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Boosting growth and reducing informality in Mexico

Dougherty, Sean M. - 2015

Mexico has embarked on a bold package of structural reforms that will help it to break away from three decades of slow growth and low productivity. Major structural measures have been legislated to improve competition, education, energy, the financial sector, labour, infrastructure and the tax...

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Enhancing competitiveness, purchasing power and employment by increasing competition in France

Goujard, Antoine - 2015

Over the past decade, France has substantially eased the burden of anti-competitive regulations and effectively enforced competition law against anti-competitive practices. Various sectors have been opened up more widely to competition, and the powers of the Competition Authority have been...

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Raising Korea's productivity through innovation and structural reform

Jones, Randall Sidney; Lee, Jae Wan - 2016

Raising productivity requires addressing a wide range of policies that affect resource allocation, the creation and diffusion of technology, human capital and the creation and financing of start-ups. The greatest gains can be achieved in the service sector and in SMEs, where productivity has...

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Achieving New Zealand's productivity potential

Conway, Paul - 2017

’s economic performance have improved over this period, productivity growth is still comparatively low. This continues a long … record has puzzled international and domestic economists for decades. The apparent disconnect between policy and performance …

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Reforms for sustainable productivity growth in Ireland

Jin, Yosuke; Westmore, Ben - 2018

poor performance of local firms, with the large productivity gap between foreign-owned and local enterprises having widened …

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Enhancing dynamism in SMEs and entrepreneurship in Korea

Jones, Randall Sidney; Lee, Jae Wan - 2018

Making SMEs and start-ups a driver of growth and job creation requires a number of policies to improve the performance …

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Raising competitiveness and long-term growth of the Slovenian economy

Sila, Urban; Jemec, Nataša Todorović; Morgavi, Hermes - 2015

below the pre-crisis levels. Cost competitiveness and export market performance deteriorated, and there have been marked …’ performance could be improved and there are marked differences between students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. This …

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