between infrastructure and productivity growth remains controversial. In this regard, it is somewhat surprising that … the empirical importance of public capital accumulation to productivity growth. We find little support for claims of a … dramatic productivity boost from increased infrastructure outlays. In a specification designed to provide an upper bound for …

productivity is endogenously enhanced? To address these questions, we focus on the dynamic effect of trade, in particular, how …

channels. First, trade raises productivity levels because producers gain access to new imported varieties. Second, increases in … that aggregates these micro gains to obtain an estimate of trade on productivity growth for each country. We find that in … the typical country in the world, new imported varieties account for 15 percent of its productivity growth. These effects …

productivity growth at the aggregate and firm level during the post-war period. Growth is driven by the development of both (i … variance of aggregate productivity growth is determined mainly by the arrival rate of general innovations. Ceteris paribus, the … increase in firm-level volatility, and a decline in aggregate volatility. The effect on productivity growth is ambiguous. On …

and investment, we are able to capture many of the key empirical properties of Germany and Japan's postwar transitions …, including persistently high but declining rates of labor and total-factor productivity growth, a U-shaped response of the … capital-output ratio, rising rates of investment and employment, and moderate rates of return to capital …

countries matters for productivity, because a country that imports primarily from technological leaders receives more technology … trade patterns in determining technology flows that affect productivity by using industry level data for machinery goods … imports and productivity in eight OECD countries between 1970-91. First evidence that these countries benefit more from …

differences between national or regional productivity growth rates, when there are constant static returns to scale in production … account for permanent international productivity growth differentials. An alternative mechanism is the nontradedness of an …

The role of agricultural productivity in economic development is addressed in a two-sector model of endogenous growth … predicts a positive link between agricultural productivity and economic growth and thus provides a formalization of the …