1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2013

    Import Competition, Domestic Regulation and Firm-Level Productivity Growth in the OECD

    This paper examines how import penetration affects firms' productivity growth taking into account the heterogeneity in firms' distance to the efficiency frontier and country differences in product market…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2013

    The Impact of Green Innovation on Employment Growth in Europe

    The paper makes two contributions. First, it provides a survey of the literature on the link between eco-innovation and employment. It looks especially at the measurement, data and indicators used for…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2013

    Who drives smart growth? The contribution of small and young firms to inventions in sustainable technologies

    Concentrating on sustainable patenting as an indicator for inventions in sustainable, green technologies, this study first presents the overall development in sustainable patenting at the European Patent…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2013

    Changing forces of gravity: how the crisis affected international banking

    The global financial crisis has brought to an end a rather unprecedented period of banks’ international expansion. We analyze the effects of the crisis on international banking. Using a detailed dataset on the…