firms to leave the market, thereby affecting aggregate productivity. Since wage and productivity responses are endogenous …, our model is well suited to study the impacts of trade integration on aggregate productivity and factor prices. Using … quantify the impacts of removing the Canada-U.S. border on wages, productivity, markups, the share of exporters, the mass of …

two outlays. Productivity of government infrastructure spending can differ across regions. This assumption follows well … revenue and expenditure decisions is the optimal fiscal arrangement for the country when infrastructure spending productivity …

spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP). In common with previous studies, we find evidence of intra-industry spillovers … relations into account. We find important productivity spillover effects from plants in upstream industries. Interestingly, a … ; agglomeration ; productivity ; Chile …

-size distribution? Do they affect individual city sizes? Do they contribute to the productivity advantage of large cities and the …-size distribution ; productivity ; markups …

if "cultural diversity" affects total factor productivity. We distinguish diversity in the establishment's workforce and … in the establishment or in the region - does not affect productivity. However, there are strong spillovers associated … improves local business environments. -- cultural diversity ; plant-level productivity ; knowledge spillovers …