technology (IT) and productivity by investigating several plant-level mechanisms through which IT could promote productivity … estimation of longitudinal models eliminate many sources of unmeasured heterogeneity that could confound productivity comparisons …

The correlation between productivity and competition is an oft-observed but ill-understood result. Some suggest that … there is a treatment effect of competition on measured productivity, e.g. through a reduction of managerial slack. Others … argue that greater competition makes unproductive establishments exit by reallocating demand to their productive rivals …

We examine the impact of Chinese import competition on patenting, IT, R&D and TFP using a panel of up to half a million …-specific quotas following China's entry into the World Trade Organization. Chinese import competition had two effects: first, it led … account for around 15% of European technology upgrading between 2000-2007. Rising Chinese import competition also led to falls …

improve productivity downstream. We confirm such prediction by estimating a model of multifactor productivity growth in which … the effects of upstream competition vary with distance to frontier on a panel of 15 OECD countries and 20 sectors over … to the productivity frontier …

, distortions in the supply of non-traded inputs, and perverse incentives for informality creates a drag on productivity growth …

competition on not only clinical outcomes but also productivity and expenditure. Our data set is large, containing information on …The effect of competition on the quality of health care remains a contested issue. Most empirical estimates rely on … the impact of competition on hospital outcomes. The English government introduced a policy in 2006 to promote competition …

understand the determinants of changes in plant productivity in 2000-2003. During this period there was a 35 percent increase in … that specific knowledge-enhancing investments can have very high returns, and that the threat of competition provides …

classifications used by statistical agencies. Standard theories attribute all such size differences to productivity differences. This …