Can productivity growth measures identify best performing hospitals? Evidence from the English National Health Service
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.3847
Abstract: Abstract Health‐care systems around the world face limited financial resources, and England is no exception. The ability of the health‐care system in England to operate within its financial resources depends in part on continually increasing… read more here.
Keywords: productivity; performance; national health; health ... See more keywords
The real effect of currency misalignment on productivity growth: evidence from middle-income economies
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-017-1344-0
Abstract: There have been interesting perspectives on the role of real currency misalignment in productivity growth. Whereas some studies warn against the destructive effect of real currency misalignment on productivity growth, others simply encourage it, at… read more here.
Keywords: misalignment; currency misalignment; productivity growth;
Regional productivity growth in the EU since 2000: something is better than nothing
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-017-1366-7
Abstract: This paper examines productivity growth across NUTS 2-regions in the EU during the period in which the Lisbon Strategy was rolled out (period 2000–2011). A robust nonparametric production frontier estimation technique is used to estimate… read more here.
Keywords: growth; growth since; productivity; regional productivity ... See more keywords
50 Jahre Baumol‘sche Kostenkrankheit
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DOI: 10.1007/s10273-017-2216-0
Abstract: ZusammenfassungVor 50 Jahren untersuchte der Ökonom William J. Baumol eine Beobachtung, die er theoretisch unterlegte: Dienstleistungen verteuern sich rascher als materielle Güter. Dieser Beitrag würdigt Baumols bahnbrechende Idee und zeigt, dass sie noch immer eine… read more here.
Keywords: jahre baumol; baumol; baumol sche; productivity growth ... See more keywords
Will the new technologies turn the page on U.S. productivity growth?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.11.027
Abstract: Is the recent slowdown in productivity likely to persist into the foreseeable future? Amazon.com data are used to create updated indicators of technical change and to establish the relationship between them and productivity growth. They… read more here.
Keywords: turn page; technologies turn; productivity; productivity growth ... See more keywords
Productivity growth and efficiency change: Comparing manufacturing- and service-based firms in India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2017.08.024
Abstract: This paper compares total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components for both manufacturing- and service-based firms in India for the period 2008 to 2014. TFP growth based on data envelopment analysis shows higher productivity… read more here.
Keywords: tfp growth; productivity; manufacturing service; growth ... See more keywords
Environmental regulation and green productivity growth: Empirical evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from OECD industrial sectors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.06.016
Abstract: Abstract Green growth has become an important development strategy for OECD countries and governments have correspondingly implemented various environmental regulation policies, whereas few studies have discussed the impacts of environmental regulation on green productivity growth… read more here.
Keywords: green productivity; productivity growth; environmental regulation; growth ... See more keywords
Implications of tax policy for innovation and aggregate productivity growth
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103590
Abstract: The quantitative implications of income taxation for innovation and aggregate productivity growth are evaluated in the context of a Schumpeterian model of innovation-led growth. In the model, innovation comes from entrant firms creating new products… read more here.
Keywords: aggregate productivity; innovation aggregate; innovation; productivity growth ... See more keywords
Productivity growth, case mix and optimal size of hospitals. A 16-year study of the Norwegian hospital sector.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.01.006
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This paper analyses productivity growth in the Norwegian hospital sector over a period of 16 years, 1999-2014. This period was characterized by a large ownership reform with subsequent hospital reorganizations and mergers.… read more here.
Keywords: productivity; hospital; size; optimal size ... See more keywords
Bank productivity growth and convergence in the European Union during the financial crisis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2016.11.016
Abstract: This paper examines the bank productivity growth and integration process for the 28 EU countries during three main phases of the financial crisis: the U.S. subprime crisis (2007–2008), the global financial crisis (2009–2010) and the… read more here.
Keywords: financial crisis; productivity growth; convergence; crisis ... See more keywords
Spatial heterogeneity and driving forces of environmental productivity growth in China: Would it help to switch pollutant discharge fees to environmental taxes?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.045
Abstract: Abstract Emission charge policy has recently switched from pollutant discharge fees to environmental taxes in China. Considering spatial heterogeneity, the effects of changes in emission charge policy may subject to different Chinese regions. In this… read more here.
Keywords: growth; spatial heterogeneity; environmental productivity; productivity ... See more keywords