Total Factor Productivity (TFP), the empirical evidence on agglomeration externalities rests on measures obtained using firm … suggests that the revenue productivity advantage of denser areas is mainly driven by higher prices charged rather than …-level differences in productivity across space …

productivity in the rest of the economy. To separate exogenous gains in ICT from other technological progress, we use the relative …

We study how a preferential trade agreement (PTA) affects international sourcing decisions, aggregate productivity and … from the investment. This raises aggregate productivity. On the other hand, the agreement yields sourcing diversion. More … tariff preferences attract too many matches to the bloc, the average productivity of the industry tends to fall. When the …

We revisit UK’s poor productivity performance since the Great Recession by means of both a suitable theoretical … over time, and distinguish between quantity total factor productivity (TFP-Q), i.e., the capacity to turn inputs into more … physical output (number of shirts, liters of beer), and what we call revenue total factor productivity (TFPR), i …