This paper proposes a fixed-effect panel methodology that enables us to simultaneously take into account both TFP … results are robust to the use of different estimation procedures such as simple LSDV, Kiviet-corrected LSDV, and GMM à la …

Do intermediate goods help explain relative and aggregate productivity differences across countries? Three observations … depresses aggregate productivity and increases the price ratio of final goods to services. Applying the model to data for middle … intermediate production efficiency of the US, the aggregate productivity gap between the lowest and highest income countries in the …

We investigate the relationship between diversity and productivity in Europe using an original dataset covering the … consumption through positive or negative externalities, the joint estimation of price and income equations is needed to identify … the dominant effect. Based on this methodology, we find that diversity is positively correlated with productivity …

. We investigate the potential bias induced by such approaches by using a large panel of farm-level data. Consistent with … effects of temperature and precipitation. Model estimation is implemented on data aggregated across counties or large regions …

determinants of the labor productivity growth for the manufacturing sector of some developed economies (Western European Countries … returns to scale. Capital growth and labor cost growth do not appear important in explaining productivity growth. The …

Total factor productivity growth (TFPG) has been traditionally associated with technological change. We show that when …

energy and capital productivity whereas technical change for labour is positively related to education expenditure. Therefore …