In this paper we explore variables that may have an impact on multifactor productivity (MFP) in the long-run using the …

plant’s placement within the productivity distribution. Appreciations of the local currency expose domestic plants to more … plants are forced from the market, which truncates the lower end of the productivity distribution. For surviving plants …, appreciations can lead to a reduction in plant size, which, in the presence of scale economies, can lower productivity. We examine …

This paper analyzes endogenous fluctuations in total factor productivity (TFP) in a dynamic general equilibrium model … firms, and fluctuations in TFP in response to firm-level productivity and aggregate credit-market shocks. I also analyze the …

-down approach of Diewert and Yu (2012). Inputs and outputs are measured and used to estimate the quarterly total factor productivity …

productivity, by altering the makeup of plants that populate the market. An appreciation of the local currency increases the level … structural model that captures the effect of plantlevel productivity and real exchange rate fluctuations on plant entry and exit … decisions in the Canadian agricultural implements industry, and how this, in turn, affects aggregate productivity. The model …

The authors provide an extensive review of the rapidly expanding research on productivity, both at the macro and micro …, especially the United States, where such work sheds important light on particular aspects of productivity growth. The authors …