values of the standard Solow productivity residual. The equivalence holds if the representative household maximizes utility … while taking prices parametrically. This result justifies total factor productivity (TFP) as the right summary measure of …

values of the standard Solow productivity residual. The equivalence holds if the representative household maximizes utility …. -- Productivity ; welfare ; reallocation ; technology ; TFP …

total factor productivity and by the capital stock per capita. These variables suffice to calculate welfare changes within a … the degree of market competition. It applies to open economies as well, if total factor productivity is constructed using … productivity be constructed with prices and quantities as perceived by consumers, not firms. Thus, factor shares need to be …

procyclicality of productivity, and simultaneously predicts large welfare losses from monetary non-neutrality. The key features of …

Productivity rises in booms and falls in recessions. There are four main explanations for this procyclical productivity … procyclical productivity as an essential feature of business cycles because each explanation has important implications for … utilization and resource reallocations are particularly important in explaining procyclical productivity. We also argue that the …