This study estimates the impact of excess precipitation (or the absence of rainfall) on productivity of agricultural … productivity. Overall, we find statistically significant declines in agricultural productivity that is associated with both floods …

We develop a spatial equilibrium model to evaluate the efficiency and distributional impacts of the leading air quality …

We examine forecast accuracy and efficiency of the Social Security Administration’s projections for cost rate, trust …

productivity and rent-seeking ability: they face a choice between engaging in (productive) work or vying for a share of the rent (i … inequity). This tradeoff between efficiency and equity is the primary focus of this paper. We investigate how the distribution … of rent-seeking ability and the correlation between labor productivity and rent-seeking ability shape this tradeoff …

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 …

The extent of tax compliance has important implications for revenue yield, efficiency and the fairness of any tax … this paper, we investigate whether higher productivity causally leads to lower tax evasion. We first present stylized facts … emerging and developing economies. Our results suggests that productivity improvements by firms can lead to lower tax evasion …

contribution of the number of firm-products, their average attributes (quality and efficiency) and heterogeneity around the mean …