tech cluster to form. Not only is the productivity of the final sector higher when intermediate firms cluster, but a tech … lowers coordination costs, tech clusters will eventually be fragmented …

productivity advantage fully eroded in the subsequent period. We explore the nature of local spillovers responsible for this …

within Japan, we find that the measures of sectoral productivity do not behave in the way suggested by the Balassa …

This paper examines how trade liberalization affects the innovation incentives of firms, and what this implies for … industry productivity. For this purpose we develop a reciprocal dumping model of international trade with heterogeneous firms … expected industry productivity. The central results of the paper regarding firm and industry level R&D spending differ …

We study the impact of techies—engineers and other technically trained workers—on firm-level productivity. We first … STEM-skill intensive and are associated with innovation, as well as with technology adoption, management, and diffusion …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this …

choice affects coordination. In a fixed interaction treatment, a vast majority of subjects quickly coordinates on the …

at coordinating action by followers. Two experiments using coordination games investigate whether female leaders are less …

Economic activity tends to cluster. This results in productivity gains. For policy makers this offers an opportunity to …