What factors underlie industry differences in research intensity and productivity growth? We develop a multi … consumer preferences. We find that long run industry differences in both productivity growth and R&D intensity mainly reflect … research cannot account for industry differences in productivity growth rates, and that variation in intertemporal knowledge …

This paper investigates the evolution of aggregate productivity and markups among French manufacturing firms between … 1994 and 2016, by focusing on the role of reallocation with respect to both aggregate measures. Firm-level productivity and … aggregate productivity growth of about 34% over the whole period while aggregate markups are found to remain relatively stable …

: distorted employment decisions, increased productivity, and higher exit rates. Our empirical analysis, using a novel dataset and …% points higher annual productivity growth, and a 3.6% points higher probability of exit for firms with binding employment … after 10 years. Additionally, an alternative policy of productivity investment subsidies proved costly and less effective in …

of positive effects emerge. With respect to takeovers of German companies by foreign investors, the productivity and … international, we find positive productivity and sales effects for relatively small companies investing abroad, and this …

In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U …

Organisation capital is one of the key intangible assets of firms, driving innovation and firm performance. Measuring … considered as a measure of a firm' organisation capital. Using panel data from the German innovation survey, we find higher … organisational innovation. …

member of such a cluster initiative has an impact on the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of the firm. We exploit firm … Flemish SHC policy on productivity. …