Production functions provide a mapping from the firms' input quantity and productivity to output quantity. This mapping …

In this paper we estimate the rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth in 80 sectors of Brazilian manufacturing …

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 …