Productivity Drag from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Japan /

Productivity growth in Japan, as in most advanced economies, has moderated. This paper finds supportive evidence for the important role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in explaining Japan's modest productivity growth. Results show a substantial dispersion in firm-level productivity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Colacelli, Mariana
Other Authors: Hong, Gee Hee
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/137
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