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Reports ›

CompNet’s flagship and special reports provide in-depth, data-driven analysis on productivity, competitiveness, and related economic trends, using the latest CompNet datasets to inform policy and research.
CompNet's Flagship Firm Productivity Report, 2025 – LATEST AND MOST UPDATED! CompNet's Flagship Firm Productivity Report, 2023 CompNet's Flagship Firm Productivity Report, 2020 Productivity and competitiveness: where does France stand in the Euro zone?

Policy Briefs ›

Concise, evidence-based papers that address competitiveness-related topics with and without CompNet data, designed to spark informed policy debate through clear and accessible analysis.
Policy Brief No 14 - COVID-19 government support and productivity: Micro-based cross-country evidence Policy Brief No 13 - COVID impacts across Mediterranean E.U.: Hints from Harmonized Surveys on Business Activity Policy Brief No 12 - Covid and Productivity one year after - What did surprise us? Policy Brief No 11 - The viral effects of foreign trade and supply networks in the Euro area Policy Brief No 10 - Back to the future: The forward-looking consequences of COVID-19 across EU regions Policy Brief No 9 - EU firms participation in GVC: Bliss or curse after COVID? Policy Brief No 8 - Centralisation of wage bargaining and firms’ adjustment to the Great Recession - a micro-based analysis Policy Brief No 7 - A micro-based look at the evolution of investment over the great recession Policy Brief No 6 - Global Value Chains reshape our policy thinking Policy Brief No 5 - Measuring institutional competitiveness in Europe Policy Brief No 4 - Mapping competitive pressure between China and EU countries Policy Brief No 2 - The signatures of Euro-area imbalances. Export performance and the composition of ULC Growth. Policy Brief No 1 - Going beyond labour costs

VoxEU Columns ›

VoxEU columns authored by CompNet members and collaborators offer timely, research-based commentary on economic policy issues. These columns often draw on CompNet data and findings to contribute to ongoing public and academic discussions.
VoxEU, Talking about Competitiveness in Europe: Productivity not Protection, 2023 VoxEU, Increasing market concentration in Europe is more likely to be a sign of strength than a cause for concern, 2020 VoxEU, Solving Europe's Productivity Puzzle, 2020 VoxEU, The COVID crisis and productivity growth, 2020 VoxEU, Granular inputs to policy and research: The latest vintage of the CompNet dataset, 2019 VoxEU, You need an 'extra moment' to assess the impact of the exchange rate, 2017
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