quantities, variety and productivity. Under constant elasticity demand, each firm prices above its average cost, yet we show …

The behaviour of labour productivity in the United Kingdom since the onset of the recession in early 2008 constitutes a … puzzle. Over four years after the recession began labour productivity is still below its previous peak level. This paper … crisis to have both a short-run effect on the growth rate of labour productivity and a long-run effect on its level is …

&D knowledge located in the US. The positive influence on total factor productivity is larger if the research of the inventors …

performance work systems and union recognition have higher labour productivity than other workplaces. In the UK previous negative … links between unions and labour productivity have been eroded by greater competition and more emphasis on 'partnership' in … productivity particularly in larger firms. In Japan unions also tend to raise labour productivity via the longer job tenures in …

three questions (a) What is the source of knowledge flows? (b) To what extent do such flows contribute to productivity …

. The same is true if we consider the number of products traded. With regard to productivity differentials, firms that both …-selection in both export and import markets. Also, the productivity advantage of exporters reported in the literature may be …