Structural policies and productivity Evidence from Portuguese firms
This paper provides empirical evidence on links between the productivity of Portuguese firms and a number of policy variables in Portugal. The analysis is based on a census of Portuguese manufacturing companies, covering more than 40,000 firms between 2006 and 2011. The results suggest that a number...
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| Formato: | Capítulo de libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2015.
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| Colección: | OECD Economics Department Working Papers,
no.1259. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009704693306719 |
| Sumario: | This paper provides empirical evidence on links between the productivity of Portuguese firms and a number of policy variables in Portugal. The analysis is based on a census of Portuguese manufacturing companies, covering more than 40,000 firms between 2006 and 2011. The results suggest that a number of these variables matter for firm performance, including the number of procedures required to start a business, a more extensive coverage of collective wage bargaining agreements, the tax burden, tax compliance costs and the number of procedures required to enforce a contract. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (13 p. ) |
