Productivity varies greatly among farmers and the source of that variation is not fully understood. Using a unique …

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 …

Historical data for over hundred years and 14 countries is used to estimate the long-run effect of productivity on the … real exchange rate. We find large variations in the productivity effect across four distinct monetary regimes in the sample … argue that changes in trade costs over time may affect the impact of productivity on the real exchange rate over time. We …

endowments and productivity, relative factor costs emerge as a source of real-income variation across countries. These are shaped … "residual" productivity required to explain the observed per-capita income differences by more than one half. …

We investigate how changes in firm productivity after M&As are affected by differences in profit taxation between the … M&A and thus inhibit the realization of productivity improvements. Using firm-level data on inputs and outputs of … reduces the subsequent total factor productivity gain. This effect is concentrated in horizontal M&As and less pronounced when …

things equal. Increased participation in higher education enhances productivity progress and is accompanied by rising wage …

factor productivity, and climate sensitivity. It estimates the pdfs of key output variables, including CO2 concentrations …