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标题：The Role of Policy and Institutions for Productivity and Firm Dynamics
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作者：Stefano Scarpetta ; Philip Hemmings ; Thierry Tressel 等
期刊名称：Economics Department Working Papers / OECD
印刷版ISSN：0259-4633
出版年度：2002
卷号：2002
DOI：10.1787/547061627526
出版社：Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
摘要：This paper presents empirical evidence on the role that policy and institutional settings in both product and labour market play for productivity and firm dynamics. It exploits a new firm-level database for ten OECD countries and industry-level data for a broader set of countries, together with a set of indicators of regulation and institutional settings in product and labour markets. Aggregate productivity patterns are largely the result of within-firm performance. But, the contribution from firm dynamic processes should not be overlooked, most notably in high-tech industries where new firms tend to play an important role. Industry productivity performance is negatively affected by strict product market regulations, especially if there is a significant technology gap with the technology leader. Likewise, high hiring and firing costs seem to hinder productivity, especially when these costs are not offset by lower wages and/or more internal training. Moreover, burdensome regulations ...
关键词：institutions; firm dynamics; regulation; productivity; micro and industry data