From Mind the Gap to Closing the Gap. Avenues to Reverse Stagnation in Europe through Investment and Productivity Growth

Bart van Ark (The Conference Board and University of Groningen) examines the stagnation of growth in Europe and the importance of Total Factor Productivity and ICT. This Discussion Paper was prepared under DG ECFIN’s 2014-2015 Fellowship Initiative “Growth, integration and structural convergence revisited”.

Information and identifiers

Discussion Papers 6. September 2015. Brussels. PDF. 36pp. Tab. Graph. Ann. Bibliogr. Free.

KC-BD-15-006-EN-N (online)
ISBN 978-92-79-48668-5 (online)
ISSN 2443-8022 (online)
doi: 10.2765/755394 (online)

JEL classification: O47, E22

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Discussion Papers are written by the staff of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, or by experts working in association with them. The Papers are intended to increase awareness of the technical work being done by staff and to seek comments and suggestions for further analysis. The views expressed are the author’s alone and do not necessarily correspond to those of the European Commission.