Shifts in the long-run rate of productivity growth--such as those experienced by the U.S. economy in the 1970s and 1990 … forecasts of long-run productivity growth during the 1970s and 1990s and examine in the context of a dynamic general equilibrium … model the consequences of gradual real-time learning on the responses to shifts in the long-run productivity growth rate. We …

flows to fund investment), and that the sensitivity of investment to internal cash flows is higher for firms that report …

Do firms use credit line drawdowns to finance investment? Using a unique dataset of 467 COMPUSTAT firms with credit … with theory, our results confirm that firms use drawdowns to sustain investment after an idiosyncratic liquidity shock … investment increased to 16 percent. The effect was even larger for smaller and financially constrained firms. We find only …

A fundamental tenet of investment theory and the traditional theory of monetary policy transmission is that investment …, at best, for a substantial interest-rate effect on investment. In this paper, we examine the sensitivity of investment … management as well as those that do not expect to borrow over the coming year. Perhaps more surprisingly, we find that investment …

At a macroeconomic level, infrastructure and productivity are positively correlated in the United States and other … infrastructure to productivity, or the reverse. This paper focuses on roads, and finds that vehicle-intensive industries benefit … disproportionately from road-building: when road growth changes, productivity growth changes more in industries that are more vehicle …

countries. The paper begins by surveying earlier estimates of relative productivity and unit labor cost levels and evaluating … productivity translated into dollars at purchasing power parity exchange rates. These estimates are compared with results obtained …

Productivity rises in booms and falls in recessions. There are four main explanations for procyclical productivity: (i … are particularly important in explaining procyclical productivity. We argue that the reallocation effects that we identify …