This paper investigates whether there is convergence in Total Factor Productivity towards the technological frontier at … the establishment level. We find convergence to the frontier is statistically and quantitatively important, suggesting the … technological frontier, and therefore make a contribution to productivity growth through technology transfer. We also find evidence …

This paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two … productivity than foreign multinationals, but the difference is less stark in the service sector than in the production sector, and …

" hypothesis that foreign research labs located on US soil tap into US R&D spillovers and improve home country productivity. Using … firms’ Total Factor Productivity would have been at least 5% lower in 2000 (about $14bn) in the absence of the US R&D growth …

productivity of firms at the frontier while discouraging the convergence of the least productive firms. … productive. The formers’ convergence could therefore constitute an important part of productivity growth at the macroeconomic … which can explain it. Productivity convergence was stronger for labour productivity than for total factor productivity. But …

peaks" in the cross-sectional distribution, not simple patterns of convergence or divergence. The theo- retical problems …