The analysis in this paper shows that unpredictable variations in economic productivity may have a positive or negative …. Empirical studies concerning these two factors indicate that unpredictable variations in economic productivity have a negative …

How does risk or uncertainty in the productivity of research affect the growth rate of the economy? To answer this …&D from profit-maximizing firms. The uncertainty arises from the productivity of these investments in R&D. The main result of … this analysis is that the relationship between long-run growth and uncertainty (on the productivity of knowledge creation …

technological change, by exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity development for 14 OECD countries and four sectors over … considerably to macroeconomic energy-productivity growth while in other countries they partly offset energy-efficiency improvements …. In contrast, structural changes only play a minor role in explaining macroeconomic labour-productivity developments. We …

exploring trends in energy- and labour productivity across 10 manufacturing sectors and 14 OECD countries for the period 1970 … considerably to aggregate manufacturing energy-productivity growth and, hence, to decoupling, while in other countries they partly … manufacturing labour-productivity developments. Furthermore, we find labour-productivity growth to be higher on average than energy-productivity …

This paper provides an empirical analysis of energy- and labour-productivity convergence at a detailed sectoral level …-country variation in productivity performance depends on the level of aggregation. Both patterns of convergence as well as divergence … catch up with technological leaders, in particular in terms of energy productivity. Moreover, the results show that …

Measuring the dispersion of productivity or efficiency across firms in a market or industry is rife with methodological …

High temperatures can have a negative effect on work-related activities. Labor productivity may go down because mental …