Intangible Capital and Growth

Intro -- Preface -- About the Author -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Productivity Puzzle: A Critical Assessment and an Outlook on the COVID-19 Crisis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Determinants of Labor Productivity Growth -- 3 Labor Productivity Growth, 1950-2006 -- 4 The Productivity Puzzle, 2007-2015 -- 5 Intangible Capital and the Productivity Puzzle -- 6 An Outlook on the COVID-19 Crisis and Labor Productivity Growth -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Revisiting Intangible Capital and Labor Productivity Growth, 2000-2015: Accounting for the Crisis and Economic Reco... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Linkages between Intangible Capital and Labor Productivity Growth -- 3 Estimates on Intangible Capital -- 4 Previous Empirical Results -- 5 Model Specification, Research Design and Data -- 5.1 Model Specification -- 5.2 Research Design -- 5.3 Data Sources -- 5.4 A Note on the Construction of Intangible Capital Stocks -- 5.5 A Note on the Construction of Intangible and Tangible Capital Services -- 6 Descriptive Analysis -- 7 Econometric Estimation -- 8 Conclusions -- Appendix 1 Construction of Intangible and Tangible Capital Services Growth -- Appendix 2 Descriptive Statistics -- Appendix 3 A Comparison of INNODRIVE and INTAN-Invest datasets -- References -- Chapter 3: The Rule of Law and Labor Productivity Growth by Businesses: Evidence for the EU, 1998-2005 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Rule of Law and Labor Productivity Growth by Businesses: Theoretical Links in an EU Context -- 2.1 Direct Influence of the Rule of Law on Labor Productivity Growth by Businesses -- 2.2 Indirect Influence of the Rule of Law on Labor Productivity Growth by Businesses -- 3 Model Specifications, Research Design, Operationalization, and Data -- 3.1 Model Specifications -- 3.1.1 A Model for the Direct Contribution of the Rule of Law to Labor Productivity Growth.