GGDC Publications

Recent publications by GGDC researchers

2007

Ark, B. van, S. Dougherty, R. Inklaar and R.H. McGuckin (2007), “The Structure and Location of Business R&D: Recent Trends and Measurement Implications,” International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, Vol. 4, No.1/2 pp. 8 - 29

Ark, B. van and J.P. Smits (2007), “Technology regimes and productivity growth in Europe and the United States. A comparative and historical perspective”, in B. Eichengreen, M. Landesmann and D. Stiefel, eds., The European Economy in an American Mirror, Routledge Studies in the World Economy, pp. 41-61

Ark, B. van and M. Piatkowski (2007), “Productivity, Innovation and ICT in Old and New Europe”, in G. Cette, M. Fouquin, and H-W Sinn, eds., Divergences in Productivity between Europe and the United States. Measuring and Explaining Productivity Gaps Between Developed Countries, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, pp. 118-149 (extended and updated version from article under same title in International Economics and Economic Policy, vol. 1, pp. 215-246)

Broersma, L., and B. van Ark (2007), “ICT, Business Services and Labour Productivity Growth”, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol. 16(6), September, pp. 433–449

Dietzenbacher, E., O.J. de Groot and B. Los (2007), “Consumption Growth Accounting”, Review of Income and Wealth, forthcoming

Fremdling, R., H.J. de Jong and M. P. Timmer (2007), “British and German Manufacturing Productivity Compared. A New Benchmark for 1935/36 Based on Double Deflated Value Added”, Journal of Economic History, 67, No.2, pp.350-377

Fremdling, R. (2007), "German Industrial Employment 1925, 1933, 1936 and 1939. A New Benchmark for 1936 and a Note on Hoffmann´s Tales", Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte - Economic History Yearbook, (2007/2), pp. 171-195

Fremdling, R. (2007), "Die niederländische Wirtschaftsgeschichte im 20. Jahrhundert", in F. Wielenga und M. Wilp (Hg.), Nachbar Niederlande, PP. 133-172

Fremdling, R. (2007), "(Re)Construction Site of German Historical National Accounts, I Machine Building; II German Industrial Employment 1925, 1933, 1936 and 1939;III German Agricultural Employment, Production and Labour Productivity", Research Memorandum GD-94 GGDC

Inklaar, R. and M.P. Timmer (2007), “Of yeast and mushrooms: Patterns of industry-level productivity growth”, German Economic Review, 8, No.2, pp.174–187

Inklaar, R., M.P. Timmer and B. van Ark (2007), “Mind the gap! International comparisons of productivity in services and goods production”, German Economic Review, 8, No.2, pp.281–307

Inklaar, R., M.P Timmer and B. van Ark (2008), “Market Services Across Europe and the U.S.”, Economic Policy, Vol. 23 (53), January, pp. 139–194

Jacob, J. and B. Los (2007), “A Stochastic Frontier Approach to Assess the Contributions of Foreign Technology and Absorptive Capacity on Indonesian Manufacturing Productivity Growth”, in: K. Frenken (ed.), Applied Evolutionary Economics and Economic Geography, pp.121-144, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK

Jong, H.J. de and J.P. Smits (2007), “Changing patterns of Competitiveness in Dutch manufacturing During the Twentieth Century: Factor or Technology Driven?, in: M. Müller and T. Myllyntaus (ed.) Pathbreakers: Small European Countries Responding to Globalization and De-globalisation, pp.67-91, Bern: Fritz Lang

Timmer, M.P., M. O’Mahony and B. van Ark (2007), “EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview”, International Productivity Monitor, Spring, pp. 71-85

2006

Ark, B. van (2006), "Does the European Union Need to Revive Productivity Growth?", in: Mundschenk, S. Stierle, M.H. Stierle-von Schütz, U. Traistaru, I., eds., Competitiveness And Growth In Europe. Lessons and Policy Implications for the Lisbon Strategy, Edward Elgar Publishers.

Azeez Erumban, A. and S. de Jong (2006), Cross Country differences in ICT adoption: A consequence of culture? Journal of World Business (forthcoming)

Broersma, L., F.A.G. Den Butter and U. Kock (2006), 'A Cointegration Model for Search Equilibrium Wage Formation', Journal of Applied Economics, 9, No.2, pp.235-254.

Broersma, L. and J. Oosterhaven (2006), “Regionale arbeidsproductiviteit in Nederland: agglomeratie- en congestie-effecten”, Kwartaalschrift Economie, 4, pp.397-419.

Broersma, L., J. van Dijk en L. van Wissen, 2006, “Making the Unused Labour Force Work: Assessing the Facts for The Netherlands”, in: Mary I Marshalle (ed), Economics of Unemployment, pp.17-50, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge NY

Dijk J. van and L. Broersma, (2006), “Economic Performance and Labour Productivity in Dutch Regions”, Romanian Journal of Economics, 8, June, pp.99-118.

Dijk, M. van, and A. Szirmai (2006), "Technical Efficiency and Embodied Technical Change in the Indonesian Pulp and Paper Industry", Journal of International Development, 18, February.

Eng, P. van der (2006), "Farm Agriculture's Role in Economic Development: Japan and Java 1870-1940", Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 42, No.1 (2006) pp.35-58.

Hill, R. and M.P. Timmer (2006), Standard Errors as Weights in Multilateral Price Indexes, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Inklaar, R. and M.P. Timmer (2006), “Resurgence of Employment Growth in the European Union: The Role of Cycles and Labour Market Reforms”, Economic Letters, 61, No,1, pp.61-66.

Jonker, M., H. Romijn and A. Szirmai (2006), "Technological Effort, Technological Capabilities and Economic Peformance in Manufacturing in Developing Countries", Technovation, 26, 2006, pp.121-134.

Los, B. (2006), “A Non-Parametric Method to Identify Nonlinearities in Global Productivity Catch-Up Performance”, in: A. Pyka and H. Hanusch (eds.), Applied Evolutionary Economics and the Knowledge Economy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, pp.231-253;

Los, B. and B. Verspagen (2006), “The Evolution of Productivity Gaps and Specialization Patterns”, Metroeconomica, 57, pp.464-493

Sleifer, J. (2006), "Planning Ahead and Falling Behind. The East German Economy in Comparison with West Germany 1936 - 2002", Berlin, Akademie Verlag.

2005

Ark, B. van (2005), "Misurazione ed analisi della produttività nella l'economia della conoscenza", in A. Pilati and A. Perrucci, eds., Economia della conoscenza. Profili teorici ed evidenze empiriche, Autorità per la garanzie nelle comunicazioni, il Mulino, pp. 479-565.

Ark, B. van (2005), "International Productivity", in A.K. Vaidya, ed., Globalization, Encyclopedia of Trade, Labor and Policies, Volume I, ABC Clio, pp.165-176.

Azeez Erumban, A. (2005), Domestic Capacity Utilisation and Import of Capital Goods: Substitutes or Complementary? Evidence From Indian Capital Goods Sector, in Tendulkar, Mitra, Narayanan and Das (eds), India: Industrialisation in a Reforming Economy- Essays for K.L Krishna , New Delhi, Academic Foundation.

Azeez Erumban, A. (2005), Economic Reforms and Industrial Performance: An analysis of Capacity Utilization in Indian Manufacturing, Indian Journal of Economics and Business, December, 4(2), p305-223

Broersma, L. and J. van Dijk (2005), "Regional differences in labour productivity in The Netherlands", Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 96 (3), 334-343.

Castaldi, C. and G. Dosi (2005), “The Grip of History and the Scope for Novelty. Some Results and Open Questions on Path Dependence”, in A. Wimmer and R. Koessler, eds., Understanding Change, Palgrave Macmillan London

Dietzenbacher, E., I. Romero Luna and N.S. Bosma (2005), Using average propagation lengths to identify production chains in the Andalusian economy, Estudios de Economía Aplicada, 23 (2005), 405-422.

Eng, P. van der (2005), "Indonesia's New National Accounts", Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 41, No.2 (2005) pp.253-62.

Frankema, E. and J.P. Smits (2005), "Exploring the Historical Roots of Eastern Asia's Post-War Catch-Up Growth: A Trade Perspective, 1906–1999", Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, Volume 10, Number 2, pp. 178-194

Fremdling, R. (2005), The German Industrial Census of 1936, Statistics as Preparation for the War, in Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte - Economic History Yearbook, (2005/2), S. 155-165

Inklaar, R. (2005), "Cyclical productivity in Europe and the United States, Evaluating the evidence on returns to scale and input utilization", Economica (forthcoming)

Inklaar, R., M. O'Mahony and M.P. Timmer (2005), ICT and Europe’s Productivity Performance: Industry-level growth account comparisons with the United States, Review of Income and Wealth, vol. 51 no. 4, pp. 505-536

Inklaar, R. and M.P. Timmer (2005), Resurgence of Employment Growth in the European Union: The Role of Cycles and Labour Market Reforms, Economic Letters (forthcoming)

Jong, H.J. de (2005), Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: the Dutch Economy during World War I, in S.N. Broadberry & M. Harrison, The Economics of World War I, Cambridge University Press, pp. 137-168.

Los, B. and M.P. Timmer (2005), "The 'Appropriate Technology' Explanation of Productivity Growth Differentials: An Empirical Approach", Journal of Development Economics, vol. 77, pp. 517-531.

Maddison, A. (2005),“Measuring and Interpreting World Economic Performance 1500-2001”, Review of Income and Wealth, January

Maddison, A. (2005),“World Development and Outlook 1820-2030; Is Implications for Energy Use”, Memorandum of Evidence submitted to Select Committee on Economic Affairs, House of Lords, The Economics of Climate Change, vol. II, pp.249-256, July, HMSO, London

O'Mahony, M. and B. van Ark (2005), "Assessing the Productivity of the UK Retail Trade Sector: The Role of ICT", International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, Vol. 15, No. 3, 297 - 303, July

Oosterhaven, J. and L. Broersma (2005), "Clusters, agglomeratie en productiviteit", ESB, 90 (4474), 388-390. (in Dutch)

Ren, R. and A. Szirmai (2005), "Evaluation of Chineses Growth Rates for Manufacturing GDP", in Yue Ximing, Zhang Shguang, Xu Xianchun (eds), The Growth Rate of the Chinese Economy, Research and Discussion, Beijing, Citic Publishing House, 2005, pp. 211-226 (in Chinese)

Szirmai, A. (2005), "The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development. An Introduction", Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 711 p.

Timmer, M.P. and B. van Ark (2005), Does Information And Communication Technology Drive Productivity Growth Differentials? A Comparison Of The European Union Countries And The United States, Oxford Economic Papers

Timmer, M.P., R. Inklaar and B. van Ark (2005), Alternative Output Measurement for the U.S. Retail Trade Sector, Monthly Labor Review, vol. 128 no. 7, pp. 39-45, July 2005

Timmer, M.P. and B. Los (2005), "Localized Innovation and Productivity Growth in Asia: An Intertemporal DEA Approach", Journal of Productivity Analysis, vol. 23, pp. 47-64.

Wang, L. and A. Szirmai (2005), "Comparative Analysis of Capital Productivity in China's High-Tech Industries", China and World Economy, Vol.13, No.2 March - April.

2004

Ark, B. van and G. de Jong (2004), Productiviteit in dienstverlening, Deel I: Wat het is en waarom het moet, Koninklijke Van Gorcum/Stichting Management Studies, Assen.

Ark, B. van and M. Piatkowski (2004), "Productivity, innovation and ICT in Old and New Europe", International Economics and Economic Policy, vol. 1, pp. 215-246.

Ark, B. van (2004), "The Measurement of Productivity: What do the Numbers Mean?", in G. Gelauff, L. Klomp, S. Raes and Th. Roelandt, eds., Fostering Productivity. Patterns, Determinants and Policy Implications, Elsevier, pp. 28-61.

L. Broersma and J. Oosterhaven (2004), "Regionale arbeidsproductiviteit: niveau, groei en verklaring", Onderzoeksreeks No. 04017, Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Den Haag (in Dutch)

Broersma, L., J. van Dijk and L. van Wissen (2004), "Making the Unused Labour Force Work: Assessing the Facts for The Netherlands", Discussion Paper No. 04008 (2nd edition), Voorburg: Statistics Netherlands

Castaldi, C. (2004), “An Evolutionary Model of International Competition and Growth”, in U.Cantner, E. Dinopoulos and R.F. Lanzillotti, eds. Entrepreneurship, the New Economy and Public Policy, Springer-Verlag: Berlin

Dietzenbacher, E, and M.L. Lahr (ed.)(2005), "Wassily Leontief and Input-Output Economics", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, xxi + 396 pp.

Eng, P. van der (2004), "Productivity and comparative advantage in rice agriculture in Southeast Asia since 1870", Asian Economic Journal, 18 (2004) No.4, pp. 345-370.

Eng, P. van der (2004), "Economic history of Asia: Comparative perspectives", Australian Economic History Review, 44 (2004) No.3, pp. 215-220.

Eng, P. van der (2004), "Business in Indonesia: Old problems and new challenges", in M. Chatib Basri and P. van der Eng (eds.) Business in Indonesia: New Challenges, Old Problems, Singapore: ISEAS, 2004, pp. 1-20.

Fremling, R. (2004), "Continental Responses to British Innovations in the Iron Industry during the 18th and Early 19th Centuries", in L. Prados De La Escosura (Hg.), Exceptionalism and Industrialisation - Britain and its European Rivals, 1688-1815, Cambridge: CUP 2004, S. 145-169

Fremdling, R. (2004), "Historical Precedents of Global Markets", In P. Lyth und H. Trischler (Hg.), Wiring Prometheus - Globalisation, History and Technology, Aarhus: Aarhus University Press 2004, S. 35-56.

Jacob, J. and C. Meister (2004), "Productivity gains, intersectoral linkages, and trade: Indonesian manufacturing, 1980-1996", ECIS Working Paper 04.14.

Jacob, J. (2004) "Late industrialisation and structural change: the Indonesian experience", ECIS Working Paper 04.18.

Los, B. (2004), "Identification of Strategic Industries: A Dynamic Perspective", Papers in Regional Science, 83, pp. 669-698

Maddison, A. (2004),"Growth and Interaction in the World Economy: The Roots of Modernity", American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC.

Maddison, A. (2004),"Quantifying and Interpreting World Development: Macromeasurement Before and After Colin Clark", Australian Economic History Review, March.

Maddison, A. (2004), "When and Why did the West get Richer than the Rest ?", in Exploring Economic Growth: Festschrift for Riitta Hjerppe, Aksant, Amsterdam.

Szirmai, A. (2004), The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development, An introduction, Cambridge University Press.

Timmer, M.P. and B. van Ark (forthcoming), Does Information And Communication Technology Drive Productivity Growth Differentials? A Comparison Of The European Union Countries And The United States, Oxford Economic Papers.

Timmer, M.P. and B.Los, "Localized Innovation and Productivity Growth in Asia: An Intertemporal DEA Approach", Journal of Productivity Analysis.

2003

Albino, V., E. Dietzenbacher and S. Kühtz (2003), "Analyzing materials and energy flows in an industrial district using an enterprise input-output model", Economic Systems Research, 15, pp. 457 - 480.

Ark, B. van, R. Inklaar and R.H. McGuckin (2003), ‘Changing Gear’ Productivity, "ICT and Service Industries: Europe and the United States" , in Christensen and Maskell (eds.), The Industrial Dynamics of the New Digital Economy, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.

Ark, B. van (2003), "National Income Accounts. Historical Overview", in J. Mokyr, ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press.

Ark, B. van, R. Inklaar and R.H. McGuckin (2003), "ICT and productivity in Europe and the United States. Where do the differences come from?", CESifo Economic Studies, Vol. 49, 3/2003, pp. 295-318.

Ark, B. van, R. Inklaar and R.H. McGuckin (2003), "The Contribution of ICT-Producing and ICT-Using Industries to Productivity Growth: A Comparison of Canada, Europe and the United States", International Productivity Monitor, no. 6, Spring 2003, pp. 56-63.

Ark, B. van, R. Inklaar, R.H. McGuckin and M.P. Timmer (2003), "The Employment Effects of the "new economy". A comparison of the European Union and the United States", National Institute Economic Review, No. 184, April, pp. 86-98.

Broersma, L., R. McGuckin and M.P. Timmer (2003), "The Impact of Computers on Productivity in the Trade Sector: Explorations with Dutch Microdata", De Economist, 151(1), pp. 1-28.

Dietzenbacher, E. and G. Günlük-Senesen (2003), "Demand-pull and cost-push effects on labor income in Turkey, 1973-1990", Environment and Planning A, 35, pp. 1785-1807.

Drukker, J.W. (2003), "De Revolutie die in haar eigen staart beet: Hoe de economische geschiedenis onze ideeën over economische groei veranderde", Lemma Publishers, Utrecht, 2003 (347 pp.).

Fremdling, R. (2003), "European Foreign Trade Policies, Freight Rates and the World Markets for Grain and Coal during the 19th Century", in Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, (2003), S. 83-98.

Fremdling, R. and R. Stäglin (2003), "Die Industrieerhebung von 1936: Ein Input-Output-Ansatz zur Rekonstruktion der volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung für Deutschland im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert - ein Arbeitsbericht", in: Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Jg. 90, Nr.4 (2003), S. 416-428.

Hassink, W.H.J. and L. Broersma (2003), "Quits, Layoffs and Job Destruction", Applied Economics, 35 (18), 1911-1914.

Hertog, P. den, L. Broersma and B. van Ark (2003), "Notes and Communications: On the Soft Side of Innovation: Services Innovation and its Policy Implications", De Economist, Volume 151, No. 4, pp. 433-452.

Jong, H.J. de (2003), "Catching up twice. The nature of Dutch industrial growth during the 20th century in a comparative perspective", Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 274p.

Maddison, A. (2003), "The World Economy: Historical Statistics", OEDC Development Centre.

Maddison, A. (2003),"Growth Accounts, Technological Change, and the Role of Energy in Western Growth", in Economia e Energia, secc. XIII-XVIII, Istituto di Storia Economica "F. Datini" Prato, Monnier, Florence.

O'Mahony, M. and B. van Ark, eds. (2003), EU Productivity and Competitiveness: An Industry Perspective Can Europe Resume the Catching-up Process?, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.

Prasada Rao, D.S. and M.P.Timmer (2003), "Purchasing Power Parities for Industry Comparisons Using Weighted Elteto-Koves-Szulc (EKS) Methods", The Review of Income and Wealth, 49(4), pp. 491-512.

Serrano, L., J. Maudos and J.M. Pastor (2003),"Human capital in OECD countries: technical change, efficiency and productivity", International Review of Applied Economics, 17(4), 419-435.

Serrano, L. (2003),"Measurement errors in schooling data: the OECD case", Applied Economics Letters, 10(2), 74-75.

Szirmai, A. and B. Verspagen (eds), "Technology and the Economy", Special Issue, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 14, 2003, pp. 361-364.

Timmer, M.P. (2003), "Technological development and rates of return to investment in a catching-up economy: the case of South Korea", Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 14(4), pp. 405-425.

Timmer, M.P. and B. van Ark (2003), "Economic Convergence and Divergence", in J. Mokyr, ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford University Press.

2002

Ark, B. van (2002), "Measuring the New Economy: An International Comparative Perspective", The Review of Income and Wealth, vol. 48, issue 1, pp. 1-14.

Ark, B. van and A. Maddison (2002), "The International Comparison of Real Product and Productivity", in A. Maddison, D.S. Prasada Rao and W.F. Sheperd, 2002.

Ark, B. van and M.P. Timmer (2002), "Notes and Communications: Industry Productivity Comparisons", De Economist (Quarterly Review of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association), Volume 140, No. 1, pp. 95-109.

Battese, G.E. and D.S. Prasada Rao (2002), "Technology Gap, Efficiency and a Stochastic Metafrontier Function", International Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 1, No. 2, 87-93.

Bongenaar, B. and A. Szirmai, (2002) 'The Role of a Reasearch and Development Institute in the Development and Diffusion of Technology', in: M.P. van Dijk and H. Sandee (eds) Innovation in Small Industry in the Third World, Elgar, 2002, pp. 249-279.

Brink, J. van den, and A. Szirmai, (2002) "The Tanzanian Scrap Cycle", Technovation, 22, January, 2002, pp. 187-197.

Dietzenbacher, E. and B. Los (2002), "Externalities of R&D Expenditures" , Economic Systems Research, vol. 14, pp. 407-425.

Eng, van der, P. (2002), 'Halting Progress: Indonesia's Development Experience since 1880', Itinerario, European Journal of Overseas History, 26, No.3, pp.15-34.

De Haan, J., R. Inklaar and O. Sleijpen (2002), "Have Business Cycles Become More Synchronized?" , Journal of Common Market Studies, vol 40, issue 1, pp. 23-42

Inklaar, R., J. Sleifer and B. van Ark (2002), "Innovatie en Productiviteit", Economisch Statistische Berichten, 5 December 2002, D14-16.

Los, B. and B. Verspagen (2002), "An Introduction to the Analysis of Systems of Innovation: Scientific and Technological Linkages" , Economic Systems Research, vol. 14., pp. 315-322.

Maddison, A. (2002), "The Nature of US Economic Leadership: A Historical and Comparative View", in P.K. O'Brien and A. Clesse, Two Hegemonies: Britain 1846-1914 and the United States 1941-1989, Ashgate, London, 2002.

Maddison, A., W.F. Shepherd and D.S. Prasada Rao (eds.) (2002), "The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century" , Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., London. 2002, p. 250.

Prasada Rao, D.S., (2002), "Generalised Elteto-koves-Szulc (EKS) and Country-Product-Dummy (CPD) Methods for International Comparisons", in Prasada Rao (ed.) "Purchasing Power Parities: Recent Advances In Methods And Applications" , Submitted to the Cambridge University Press.

Prasada Rao, D.S. and T.J. Coelli, (2002) "Economic Performance of Selected Asian Countries in an International Perspective: Economic Growth, Productivity and Inequality">, in Maddison et al (eds.), "The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century", in "Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region II" >, in Maddison et al (eds.), "The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century", (eds. Huang, Lovell and Fu), Edward Elgar, Cheletenham, September, 2002, pp. 100-137.

Prasada Rao D.S., O'Donnell, C.J. and V.E. Ball (2002), "Transitive Multilateral Comparisons of Output, Input and Productivity: A Nonparametric Approach", in Norton, G.E. and V.E. Ball (eds.)"Productivity: Data, Methods and Measures", Kluwer, Boston. pp. 85 - 116.

Prasada Rao, D.S., H.E. Doran and E.A. Selvanathan (2002), "Estimation of General and Commodity Specific Inflation Rates Using Linear Time-Varying Constraints" , Special Issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics in Honour of Henri Theil.

Prasada Rao, D.S., A. Maddison and B. Lee, (2002), "International Comparison of Farm Sector Performance: Methodological Options and empirical findings for Asia-Pacific Economies, 1900-94", in Maddison et al (eds.), "The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century", Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002, pp. 27-52.

Serrano, L. (2002), "Salarios regionales y dotaciones de capital humano" , Revista de Economía Aplicada, 10(28), pp.23-38.

Serrano, L. and M.P. Timmer (2002), "Is technical change directed by the supply of skills? The case of South Korea" , Economics Letters, 76(2), pp. 219-223.

Shepherd, W.F. and D.S. Prasada Rao, (2002), "A Comparison of Real Output and Productivity Levels in Australia and United States Manufacturing, 1970-95", in Maddison et al (eds.), "The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century", Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002, 53-81.

Szirmai, A., M. Bai, and R. Ren, (2002) "Labour Productivity Trends in Chinese Manufacturing', 1980-99", China Economic Quarterly, December, 2002 (in Chinese)

Szirmai, A., M.P. Timmer and R. van der Kamp, (2002) "Measuring Embodied Technological Change in Development. The Core Machinery Approach", Journal of Development Studies, December, 2002.

Szirmai, A., M.P. Timmer and R. van der Kamp (2002), "Growth of the Capital Stock and Technological Change in Indonesian Textile Industry" , J.T. Lindblad (ed.), Asian Growth and Foreign Capital: Case Studies from Eastern Asia, Amsterdam: Aksant, pp.153-182, 2002.

Timmer, M.P. (2002), "Climbing the Technology Ladder Too Fast? New Evidence on Comparative Productivity Performance in Asian Manufacturing" , Journal of Japanese and International Economies, 16, pp.50-72, 2002

Timmer, M.P. and B. van Ark (2002), "Capital Formation And Foreign Direct Investment In Korea And Taiwan: Coping With Diminishing Returns", in J.T. Lindblad (ed.), Asian Growth and Foreign Capital: Case Studies from Eastern Asia, Amsterdam: Aksant, pp.59-98, 2002.

Timmer, M.P. and B. van Ark (2002), "Realising Growth Potential: South Korea and Taiwan, 1960 to 1998" , in J.T. Lindblad (ed.), Asian Growth and Foreign Capital: Case Studies from Eastern Asia, Amsterdam: Aksant, pp.59-98, 2002. Also published in A. Maddison, D.S. Prasada Rao and W. Shepherd (eds), The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century, Edward Elgar, 2002, pp. 226-244.

2001

Ark, B. van (2001), "De 'klompenversie' van de productiviteitsparadox", in S. Brakman and A. van Witteloostuijn, eds., Jonge wijn in oude zakken, Arbeiderspers, pp. 121-137.

Ark, B. van and J. de Haan (2001), "The Dynamics of Growth, Stagnation and Recovery in Germany and the Netherlands since 1960", Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, no. 1, pp. 95-106.

Ark, B. van and A. Maddison, (2001), "The International Comparison of Real Product and Productivity", in A. Maddison, D.S. Prasada Rao and W.F. Sheperd, 2002.

Ark, B. van and L. Serrano (2001), "Productividad del sector manufacturas en España: medio siglo de crecimiento y convergencia" , Revista de Historia Industrial, 19-20, pp 77-101.

Ark, B. van and M.P. Timmer, (2001), "The ICOP Manufacturing Database: International Comparisons of Productivity Levels", in International Productivity Monitor, Fall 2001, pp. 44-51, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Ottawa.

Broersma, L. and F.A.G. den Butter (2001), "Labour Flows as Determinants of the Wage-Price Spiral: An Empirical Analysis for the Netherlands", Labour, 15(2), pp. 279-294.

Dwyer, L., Peter Forsyth and D.S. Prasada Rao, (2001), "Destination Price Competitiveness: Exchange Rate changes versus Domestic Inflation", To appear in Journal of Travel Research.

Eng, P. van der (2001), "Indonesia's Economy and Standard of Living during the 20th Century", in G. Lloyd and S.L. Smith (eds.), Indonesia Today: Challenges of History, ISEAS(2001), Singapore, pp.181-199.

Eng, P. van der (2001), "Indonesia's Growth Performance in the 20th Century", in A. Maddison et al. (eds.), The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, forthcoming 2001.

Fremdling, R. (2001), "European Railways 1825-2001, an Overview", in B. Van der Herten and M. van Meerten (Hg.), 170 Jaar Belgische Spoorwegen - 75 Jaar NMBS, Universitaire Pers, Leuven, 2001, pp. 20-33.

Fremdling, R. (2001), "Eisenbahnen und Wirtschaftswachstum", in Historicum, Zeitschrift für Geschichte, Winter 2000/2001, pp. 11-15.

Fremdling, R. and H. de Jong (2001), "Die Wirtschaft der Niederlande im 20. Jahrhundert", Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, (2001/1), pp. 1-185.

Fremdling, R. and R. Spree et al.(2001), Geschichte der deutschen Wirtschaft im 20. Jahrhundert, Beck, München.

Fremdling, R., H. de Jong and J.P. Smits (2001), "Die niederländische Wirtschaft während des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts", in Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 2001, pp. 13-52.

Mc Guckin, R and Ark B. van, (2001), "Making the Most of the Information Age: Productivity and Structural Reform in the New Economy" , R-1301-01-RR 2001.

Inklaar, R. and J. de Haan (2001), "Is there really a European Business Cycle? A comment", Oxford Economic Papers, vol 53, issue 2, pp. 215-220

Los, B. (2001), "Endogenous Growth and Structural Change in a Dynamic Input-Output Model", Economic Systems Research, vol. 13, pp. 3-34.

Los, Bart (2001), "Crecimiento Endógeno y Cambio Estructural en un Modelo Dinámico de Insumo Producto" , Momento Económico, no. 114, pp. 2-29. (Translation in Spanish)

Maddison, A. (2001), The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective, OECD Development Centre, Paris (also in French).

Maddison, A., D.S. Prasada Rao and W.F. Shepherd (2001), The Asian Economies in the Twentieth Century, Edward Elgar, Aldershot.

Shepherd, W.F., B.L. Lee and D.S. Prasada Rao, (2001) "Manufacturing Sector Output and Productivity in Korea: An Australian Perspective", in "Korean Economic Prospects: Recovery from the Financial Crisis" , (eds. Shepherd and Kwong), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, July, 2001.

Sleifer, J.A. (2001), "Separated Unity: The Industrial Sector in 1936 in the Territory of the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany", Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 2001/1.

Szirmai, A. and P. Lapperre (eds)(2001), "The Industrial Experience of Tanzania" , Houndmills/ Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2001.

Szirmai, A., M. Prins and W. Schulte, (2001), "Measuring Manufacturing Performance in Tanzania", in A. Szirmai and P. Lapperre (eds), op. cit. 2001, pp. 73-113.

Szirmai, A., M.P. Timmer and R. van der Kamp (2001), "Growth of the Capital Stock and Technological Change in the Indonesian Textile Industry", in: J. Th. Lindblad (ed), Asian Growth and Foreign Capital, Case Studies from Eastern Asia, Published for the Netherlands Economic Historical Archive (NEHA) by Uitgeverij Stichting Beheer IISG, Amsterdam, 2001.

Timmer, M.P. (2001), "Financial and Economic Crises in Asia", The Review of Income and Wealth, 46(1), pp.125-133.

2000

Ark, B. van (2000), "Measuring Productivity in the "New Economy": Towards a European Perspective", De Economist (Quarterly Review of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association), Volume 148, No. 1, pp. 87-105.

Ark, B. van and J. de Haan (2000), "The Delta-Model Revisited: recent trends in the structural performance of the Dutch economy", International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 307-321

Ark, B. van and J. de Haan (2000), "Productivity, Income and Technological Change in the Netherlands: Causes and Explanations of Divergent Trends", in B. van Ark, S.K. Kuipers and G. Kuper, eds. (2000), Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth, Kluwer Academic Press, pp. 159-186.

Ark, B. van (2000), "De Nederlandse Productiviteitsparadox", Economisch Statistische Berichten, 1 december, pp. 974-976.

Ark, B. van, S.K. Kuipers and G. Kuper, eds. (2000), Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth, Kluwer Academic Press, 2000.

Broersma, L., J. Koeman and C.N. Teulings (2000), "Labour Supply, the Natural Rate and the Welfare State in The Netherlands: the Wrong Institutions at the Wrong Point in Time", Oxford Economic Papers, 52, pp. 96-118.

Broersma, L., F.A.G. den Butter and U. Kock (2000), "A National Accounting System for Labour Market Flows", Economics Letters, 67, pp. 331-336

Davidson, B., S.A. Khan and D.S. Prasada Rao, (2000), "Child Poverty in Rural Regions of Australia in 1990", Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 6:1, pp. 47-65.

Dietzenbacher, E., A.R. Hoen and B. Los (2000), "Labor Productivity in Western Europe 1975-1985: An Intercountry, Interindustry Analysis", Journal of Regional Science, vol. 40, pp. 425-452.

Dietzenbacher, E. and B. Los (2000), "Structural Decomposition Analyses with Dependent Determinants", Economic Systems Research, vol. 12, pp. 497-514.

Drukker, J.W. and V. Tassenaar (2000), "Shrinking Dutchmen in a Growing Economy: The Early Industrial Growth Paradox in the Netherlands", Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte, XX (2000/1), 77-94.

Dwyer, L., P. Forsyth and D.S. Prasada Rao, (2000), "Sectoral Analysis of Destination Price Competitiveness: An International Comparison", Tourism Analysis, 5. pp. 1-12.

Dwyer, L., P. Forsyth and D.S. Prasada Rao, (2000), "The price competitiveness of travel and tourism: A comparison of 19 destinations", Tourism Management, 21, pp. 9-22.

Eng, P. van den (2000), "Trends in Indonesia's Food Supply, 1880-1995", Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 30 (2000) No. 4, pp. 591-616. Also on the Internet

Groote, P. and V. Tassenaar, "Hunger and migration in a rural-traditional area in the nineteenth century", Journal of Population Economics, fall 2000, pp. 465-483.

Fremdling, R. (2000), "Transfer Patterns of British Technology to the Continent. The Case of the Iron Industry", European Review of Economic History, 4, pp. 197-222.

Fremdling, R. (2000), "The Dutch Transportation System in the 19th Century", De Economist, 148, pp. 521-537.

Fremdling, R. (2000), "Emergence and Growth of International Organizations - Comment on James Foreman-Peck", R. Tilly & P.J.J. Welfens (eds.), Economic Globalization, International Organizations and Crisis Management, Berlin, 2000, pp. 103-105.

Hofman, A. (2000), "Capital Stocks Estimates in Latin America - A 1950-1994 Update", Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 24, No.1, January 2000.

Hofman, A. (2000), "The Economic Development of Latin America in the 20th Century", Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, 2000.

Kasipillai, J., J.C. Baldry and D.S. Prasada Rao (2000), "Estimating the Size and Determinants of Hidden Income and Tax Evasion in Malaysia", Asian Review of Accounting, 8:1, pp. 25-42.

Los, B. and B. Verspagen (2000), "R&D Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing Microdata", Empirical Economics, vol. 25, pp. 127-148.

Los, B. (2000), "The Empirical Performance of a New Interindustry Technology Spillover Measure", in: B. Nooteboom and P. Saviotti (eds.), Technology and Knowledge: From the Firm to Innovation Systems, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, pp. 118-151.

Maddison, A. (2000), Sekai Keizai no Chokiteki Kansatu, Toyo Keizai, Tokyo 2000 (translation in Japanese of Monitoring the World Economy, 1995).

Maddison, A. (2000), "Economic Progress: the last Half Century in Historical Prospective", Facts and Fancies of Human Development, Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Canberra 2000.

Maddison, A. (2000), "Problems in Constructing Historical National Accounts for Asia: Some Lessons of Past Research", in K. Odaka et.al., Constructing a Historical Macroeconomic Database for Trans-Asian Regions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, 2000.

Maudos, J., J.M. Pastor and L. Serrano (2000), "Convergence in OECD countries: technical change, efficiency and productivity", Applied Economics, 32 6), pp. 757-765.

Maudos, J., J.M. Pastor and L. Serrano (2000), "Efficiency and productive specialization: an application to the Spanish regions", Regional Studies, vol. 43, 9, pp. 829-842.

Prasada Rao, D.S. and T.J. Coelli (2000), "Economic Performance of Selected Asian Countries in an International Perspective: Economic Growth, Productivity and Inequality", in Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Asia-Pacific Region II, (eds. Huang, Lovell and Fu), Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, September 2000.

Shepherd, W.F., B.L. Lee and D.S. Prasada Rao (2000), "Manufacturing Sector Output and Productivity in Korea: An Australian Perspective", in Korean Economic Prospects: Recovery from the Financial Crisis (eds. Shepherd and Kwong), Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, July 2000.

Szirmai, A., "Technologie als drijvende kracht in ontwikkeling", in: J.J.F. Heins and G.D. Thijs (red), Ontwikkelingsvraagstukken 2000+, Themabundel Ontwikkelingsproblematiek Nr. 11, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2000.

Szirmai, A. and R. Ren (2000), "Comparative Performance in Chinese Manufacturing, 1980-92", China Economic Review, 11 (1), 2000, pp. 16-53.

Timmer, M.P. (2000), "The Dynamics of Asian Manufacturing. A Comparison in the late Twentieth Century", Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham.

Timmer, M.P. and A. Szirmai (2000), "Productivity in Asian Manufacturing: The Unimportance of Structural Change", Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, vol. 11, 2000, pp. 370.

Wu, Harry X. (2000), "Measuring China's GDP level and growth performance: Alternative estimates and the implications", Review of Income and Wealth, Series 46 (4), 2000.

1999

Ark, B. van and R.H. McGuckin (1999), "International Comparisons of Labor Productivity and Per Capita Income", Monthly Labor Review, July 1999.

Ark, B. van, E. Monnikhof and N. Mulder (1999), "Productivity in Services: An International Comparative Perspective", Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 32, no. 2, April, pp. 471-499.

Ark, B. van and J. de Haan (1999), "A Miracle or Not? Recent Trends in the Growth Performance of the Dutch Economy", in P.A.G. van Bergeijk, J. van Sinderen and B. Vollaard, eds., Structural Reform in Open Economies, Edwards Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, pp. 157-179.

Ark, B. van, E. Monnikhof and M. Timmer (1999), "Prices, Quantities and Productivity in Industry: A Study of Transition Economies in a Comparative Perspective" , in R. Lipsey and A. Heston, International and Interarea Comparisons of Prices, Income and Output, NBER, Chicago University Press, pp. 327-364.

Broersma, L. and J.C. Van Ours (1999), "Job Searchers, Job Matches and the Elasticity of Matching", Labour Economics, 6, 1999, pp. 77-93.

Cantos, P., J.M. Pastor and L. Serrano (1999), "Productivity, efficiency and technical change in the European railways: a non-parametric approach", Transportation, 26 (4), 337-357.

Eng, P. van der (1999), "The Silver Standard and Asia's Integration into the World Economy, 1850-1914", Review of Asian and Pacific Studies, Vol. 18, pp.59-85.

Eng, P. van der (1999), "Economic Growth and Political Change in Indonesia: The Late-Colonial and New Order Periods Compared", in R. Minami, K.S. Kim and M. Falkus (eds.) Growth, Distribution and Political Change: Asia and the Wider World, MacMillan, London, pp.178-205.

Eng, P. van der (1999), "Some Obscurities in Indonesia's New National Accounts", Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Vol. 35, No.2, pp.91-106.

Fremdling, R. (1999), "The Prussian and Dutch Railway Regulations in the 19th Century", in L. Andersson-Skog and O. Krantz (Hg.), Institutions in the Transport and Communications Industries, Canton Mass., Science History Publications/ USA 1999, pp. 61-92.

Fremdling, R. (1999), "Het historisch belang van vervoer en infrastructuur voor Nederland en Duitsland", in J.P. Elhorst and D. Strijker (Hg.), Het economisch belang van het vervoer: verleden, heden en toekomst, REG 1999, Groningen, pp. 11-35.

Groote, P., J. Jacobs and J.E. Sturm (1999), "Infrasctructure and Economic Development in the Netherlands, 1855-1913", European Review of Economic History, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 233-251.

Haan, J. de and B. van Ark (1999), "Income and Productivity in the Netherlands: The Role of the Labour Market and the Public Sector", in A. Clesse and H. van Gunsteren, eds., The Vitality of the Netherlands, Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies, pp. 73-84.

Jong, H. de (1999), "De Nederlandse Industrie, 1913-1965, Een vergelijkende analyse op basis van de productiestatistieken", NEHA-series III, Amsterdam (in Dutch). (English summary)

Kune, B.C., P. Compaire, N. Mulder and I. Rabaud (1999), "Productivité et performance à l'exportation dans le transport: une étude sur le case de huit pays", Le capital humain. Dimensions economiques et manageriales, Presses de l'úniversité d'Angers.

Maudos, J., J.M. Pastor and L. Serrano (1999), "Economic integration, efficiency and economic growth: the European Union experience", Applied Economics Letters, 6, pp. 389-392.

Maudos, J., J.M. Pastor and L. Serrano (1999), "Total Factor Productivity Measurement and Human Capital in OECD Countries", Economics Letters, 63, pp. 39-44.

Serrano, L. (1999), "On convergence accounting", Applied Economics Letters, 6, pp. 219-221.

Smits, J.P. (1999), "Economische ontwikkeling 1800-1995", in: Ronald van der Bie and Pit Dehing, eds., Nationaal goed. Feiten en cijfers over onze samenleving (ca.) 1800-1999, CBS, Voorburg and Heerlen/ Stichting Beheer IISG, Amsterdam.

Szirmai, A., B. Verspagen and J. Halman (eds)(1999), "Innovation in Theory and Practice", Eindhoven, Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies, 1999.

Timmer, M. (1999), "Indonesia's Ascent on the Technology Ladder: Capital Stock and Total Factor Productivity in Indonesian Manufacturing, 1975-95", Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Vol. 35, No. 1, April, pp. 75-97.

Timmer, M. and A. Szirmai (1999), "International Comparison of Productivity Performance in Manufacturing in South and East Asia, 1963-1993", Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 57-80.

Vermande, H. and P. H. van Mulligen (1999), "Construction Costs in the Netherlands in an International Context", Construction Management and Economics, Vol. 17, pp. 269-283.

1998

Coelli, T.J., D.S. Prasada Rao and G.E. Battese (1998), "An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis", Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, pp. 275

Eng, P. van der (1998), "Cassava in Indonesia: A Historical Reassessment of An Enigmatic Food Crop", Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 36, No.1, pp.3-31.

Eng, P. van der (1998), "Exploring Exploitation: The Netherlands and Colonial Indonesia 1870-1940", Revista de Historia Económica, Vol. 16, No.1, pp. 291-321.

Gales, B.P.A. and K.E. Sluyterman (1998), "In foreign parts. Dutch free-standing companies between 1870 and 1940", in M. Wilkins, H.G. Schroter (eds.), The Free-Standing Company in the World Economy, 1830-1996, Oxford, Oxford University Press 1998, pp. 293-322

Fremdling, R. (1998), "The French Iron Industry, 1820-1860, The Change from Charcoal- to Mineral-Fuel Based Technology", in D. Barjot und M. Merger (Hg.), Les entreprises et leur réseaux: hommes, capitaux, techniques et pouvoirs XIXe-XXe siècles, Paris, Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne 1998, pp. 711-724.

Fremdling, R. (1998), "Wirtschaftsgeschichte und das Paradigma der Rückständigkeit" , in Eckart Schremmer (Hg.), Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte. Gegenstand und Methode, Steiner 1998, Stuttgart, pp. 101-115.

Jong, H.J. de and A. Soete (1998), "Comparative levels of labour productivity and labour costs in manufacturing in Belgium and the Netherlands, 1921-1990", in C.A. Nunez (ed.) Historical Benchmark Comparisons of Output and Productivity, Sevilla, pp. 73-91.

Kamp, A. van der, A. Szirmai and M.P.Timmer (1998), "Technology and Human Resources in the Indonesian Textile Sector", in H. Hill and T.K.Wie (eds.), Indonesia's Technological Challenge, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.

Maddison, A. (1998), "The Nature and Functioning of European Capitalism: A Historical and Comparative Perspective", Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review, March, pp. 1-49.

Maddison, A. (1998), "Chinese Economic Performance in Historical and Comparative Perspective", in M. Fouquin, ed., The Chinese Economy: Highlights and Opportunities, CEPII, Paris.

Maddison, A. (1998), "Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run", OECD Development Centre, Paris.

Shepherd, W.F., A. Szirmai and D.S. Prasada Rao (1998), "Indonesian Manufacturing Sector Output and Productivity: An Australian Comparative Perspective, 1975-1990", Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, September 1998.

Solar, P.M. and H.J. de Jong (1998), "The Benelux Countries", in B. Foley (ed.), European Economies since the Second World War, Macmillan Press Ltd., London, pp. 102-123.

Szirmai, A, and Ren, R. (1998), "Chinese Manufacturing in Comparative Perspective", in : M. Fouquin and F. Lemoine (eds.), The Chinese Economy, Economica, London, 1998, pp. 49-64.

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