In this paper, we examine the sources of the productivity growth in the U.S. computer industry from 1978 to 1999. We … and product innovations. Based on the estimation results, we decompose total factor productivity (TFP) growth rate into …

This paper examines two potential channels of knowledge acquisition that underlie firm productivity growth in the … effects of these investments on the firm's future total factor productivity. The empirical model consists of four equations … firm's future productivity trajectory while controlling for the potential selection bias introduced by endogenous firm exit …

productivity gains for domestic firms. The size of FDI spillovers is economically important, accounting for about 14% of … productivity growth in U.S. firms between 1987 and 1996. In addition, there is some evidence for imports-related spillovers, but it …

In this paper, we examine the changes in per-capita income and productivity from 1700 to modern times, and show four … things: (1) that incomes per capita diverged more around the world after 1800 than before; (2) that the source of this …

of skilled labor and capital. We interpret this finding as evidence of the existence of a World Technology Frontier. On … the World Technology Frontier …

of international patents, country-level R&D productivity increases proportionally with the stock of ideas already …). Second, we find that ideas productivity in a given country is constant or declining in the worldwide stock of ideas. Ideas … production by other countries raises the bar for producing new-to-the-world technology domestically, outweighing the positive …

restructuring process and that this is associated with the tight financial-market conditions that follow. This productivity cost of …