Real interest rates, the real price of capital, has been declining for the past decade or so and are expected to remain negative for at least another decade. Why? And what does it even mean? Read the full paper by BRUEGEL Deputy...
Read MoreThe second MICROPROD Policy Dialogue was held virtually on March 18, 2021. This policy dialogue was framed broadly around the first preliminary evidence of how COVID-19 has affected productivity at the firm level, with a focus...
Read MoreOn Thursday 29th of October, Horizon 2020 projects MICROPROD and GLOBALINTO have held their very first joint workshop, on the subject of the role of intangible assets for productivity growth and the implications of Covid-19. To...
Read MoreThe rise of robots has been attracted a lot of attention in recent years because of robots’ capacity to boost productivity and to replace and relocate labor, both aspects being at the heart of MICROPROD’s research agenda. So...
Read MoreThe ‘productivity paradox’ can be summarized by the fact that while European productivity growth is expected to be on the rise, boosted by technological advances, the global integration of firms, the rise of intangible assets,...
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