Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain firm and national productivity, or do they simply …-weighted average management score. We present a formal model of "Management as a Technology", and structurally estimate it using panel …

and technology differences across both goods and production stages. We estimate technology and trade costs via the … value chains (increased export platform production). Surprisingly, however, the elasticity of world trade to trade costs is …

respectively to the Fraser Institute and World Economic Forum reports, the GLS and the labor market components of the economic … countries around the world, covering issues such as freedom of association, the regulation of work contracts, employee benefits …) and competitiveness (World Economic Forum) …

We investigate what happens to hours worked after a positive shock to technology, using the aggregate technology series …

In this paper, we develop a model of technology adoption and economic growth in which households optimally obtain … between their growth rates will increase with the growth rate of available technology. By characterizing the optimal Ramsey … available technology. Our theory suggests that European education policies that favored specialized, vocational education might …

In this paper, we re-examine the recent evidence that technology shocks do not produce business cycle patterns in the … data. We first extend Gal¡'s (1999) work, which uses long-run restrictions to identify technology shocks, by examining … whether the identified shocks can be plausibly interpreted as technology shocks. We do this in three ways. First, we derive …

Does the impact of environmental regulation differ by plant vintage and technology? We answer this question using … annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills' vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement … include our technology, vintage, and renovation variables. Sample calculations of the impact of pollution abatement on …