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productivity gains. Guided by theory, we provide evidence consistent with these effects operating through reallocations across … productivity, while import liberalization has ambiguous effects. Resource misallocation can either amplify, dampen or reverse the … firms in the presence of distortions: (i) Both export and import expansion increase average firm productivity, but the …
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We provide the first direct estimates of distribution expenses incurred by manufacturing plants and assess their importance for aggregate output. Using a novel measure from the Indian Annual Survey of Industries, we document three key facts: (1) distribution expenses are large - they amount to...
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What drove the UK productivity slowdown post-GFC, and how is the post-Covid recovery expected to differ? This paper …
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Most macroeconomic models assume that aggregate output is generated by a specification for the production function with total physical capital as a key input. Implicitly this assumes that private and public capital stocks are perfect substitutes. In this paper we test this assumption by...
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this paper, we investigate whether higher productivity causally leads to lower tax evasion. We first present stylized facts … emerging and developing economies. Our results suggests that productivity improvements by firms can lead to lower tax evasion …
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productivity and monetary policy. We identify a condition under which these asset prices become more volatile without affecting the … to productivity shocks. The model we set up does well at matching second moments of exchange rate and equity returns for …
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productivity and that they impact the degree of R&D spillovers …
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The knowledge production function is central to R&D-based growth models. This paper empirically investigates the knowledge production function and intertemporal spillover effects using cointegration techniques. Time-series evidence suggests there are two long-run cointegrating relationships. The...
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I study the implications of productivity shocks in a model where agents observe the aggregate level of productivity but …
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components of growth suggests that the adverse effect largely reflects a slowdown in labor productivity growth mainly due to …
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