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  2008

Measuring Changes in Competitiveness in Chinese Manufacturing Industries Across Regions in 1995 – 2004: An Unit Labor Cost Approach
by Vivian W. Chen, Harry X. Wu, Bart van Ark, June 2008. - EPWP #08 – 03

Intangible Capital and the Market to Book Value Puzzle
by Charles Hulten and Janet Hao, June 2008. - EPWP #08 – 02

On the Measurement and Analysis of Aggregate Economic Activity for China: The Coincident Economic Indicators Approach
by Feng Guo, Ataman Ozyildirim, Victor Zarnowitz, April 2008. - EPWP #08 – 01

  2007

The Contribution of Restructuring and Reallocation to China's Productivity and Growth
by Haiyan Deng, John Haltiwanger, Robert McGuckin, Jianyi Xu, Yaodong Liu, and Yuqi Liu, December 2007. - EPWP #07 – 04

Persistent Business Cycles and High Economic Growth: How to Explain Their Long Concurrence in Modern Capitalism?
by Victor Zarnowitz, December 2007. - EPWP #07 – 03

Innovation, Intangibles and Economic Growth: Towards A Comprehensive Accounting of the Knowledge Economy
by Bart van Ark and Charles R. Hulten, December 2007. - EPWP #07 – 02

Manufacturing In China Today: Employment And Labor Compensation
by Judith Banister, November 2007. - EPWP #07 – 01

  2006

Europe's Productivity Gap: Catching Up or Getting Stuck?
by Bart Van Ark, June 2006. - EPWP #06 - 02

Appendices to "Internationally Comparable Science, Technology and Competitiveness Indicators"
by Robert H. McGuckin, Bart van Ark, Sean M. Dougherty and Robert Inklaar, May 2006. - EPWP #06 – 01

  2004

International Comparisons of R&D Expenditure: Does an R&D PPP make a difference?
by Sean M. Dougherty, Robert Inklaar, Robert H. McGuckin, and Bart Van Ark, October 2004. - EPWP #04 - 03

What Role for the Private Sector in Public Statistics?
by Robert H. McGuckin, August 2004. - EPWP #04 - 02

The Structure of Business R&D: Recent Trends and Measurement Implications
by Robert H. McGuckin, Robert Inklaar, Bart Van Ark, and Sean M. Dougherty, August 2004. - EPWP #04 - 01

  2003

ICT and Productivity in Europe and the United States: Where Do the Differences Come From?
by Bart van Ark, Robert Inklaar, and Robert H. McGuckin, October 2003. - EPWP #03 – 05

Real-Time Tests of the Leading Economic Index: Do Changes in the Index Composition Matter?
by Robert H. McGuckin and Ataman Ozyildirim, June 2003. - EPWP #03 – 04

International Comparisons of R&D Expenditure: Does an R&D PPP make a difference?
by Sean M. Dougherty, Robert Inklaar, Robert H. McGuckin, and Bart Van Ark, July 2003. - EPWP #03 - 03

The Employment Effects of the 'New Economy' A Comparison of the European Union and the United States
by Bart van Ark, Robert Inklaar, Robert H. McGuckin, and Marcel P. Timmer, March 2003. - EPWP #03 - 02

A More Timely and Useful Index of Leading Indicators
by Robert H. McGuckin, Ataman Ozyildirim and Victor Zarnowitz, February 2003. - EPWP #03 - 01

  2002

'Changing Gear' - Productivity, ICT and Services Industries: Europe and the United States
by Bart van Ark, Robert Inklaar, and Robert H. McGuckin, December 2002. Click here to obtain the basic data: http://www.ggdc.net/ - EPWP #02 - 02

The Effects of Federalism and Privatization on Productivity in Chinese Firms
by Sean M. Dougherty and Robert H. McGuckin, January 2002. - EPWP #02 - 01

  2001

Time Series Decomposition and Measurement of Business Cycles, Trends and Growth Cycles
by Victor Zarnowitz and Ataman Ozyildirim, December 2001. - EPWP #01 - 03

Workforce Diversity and Productivity: An Analysis of Employer-Employee Match Data
by Linda Barrington and Kenneth R. Troske, April 2001. - EPWP #01 - 02

The Old and the New in the U.S. Economic Expansion
by Victor Zarnowitz, January 2001. - EPWP #01 - 01

  2000

The Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators: How to Make it More Timely
by Robert H. McGuckin, Ataman Ozyildirim and Victor Zarnowitz, November 2000. - EPWP #00 - 01

Computers and Productivity: Are Aggregation Effects Important?
by Robert H. McGuckin and Kevin Stiroh, August 2000. - EPWP #00 - 04

Do Computers Make Output Harder to Measure?
by Robert H. McGuckin and Kevin Stiroh, April 2000. - EPWP #00 - 03

The Impact of Vintage and Survival on Productivity: Evidence from Cohorts of U.S. Manufacturing Plants
by J. Bradford Jensen, Robert H. McGuckin and Kevin Stiroh, February 2000. - EPWP #00 - 02

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