productivity. We investigate these phenomena further by examining the relationship between plant-level productivity and firm …-level R&D. We find that (1) the productivity-enhancing effects of parent firm R&D are diminished by geographic distance from … the research lab and `technological' distance between the product-field focus of the R&D and the plants; (2) productivity …

procyclicality of productivity, and simultaneously predicts large welfare losses from monetary non-neutrality. The key features of …

differences for tax policies between free and controlled migration, and the role of productivity gap …

for any permanent differences in productivity across workers, firms, and job matches. We also compare OLS and instrumental …

through learning by doing. These models imply that increased specialization accelerates productivity growth by more fully … realizing dynamic economies of scale. In order to test the hypothesis that specialization increases productivity growth in LDCs … countries, the index of specialization is positively and significantly correlated with manufacturing productivity growth. We …

We revisit the relationship between foreign investment and productivity of acquired firms. First, we construct a panel … acquisitions after controlling for country and sector trends. The productivity of foreign acquired affiliates increases modestly …

Throughout the postwar era until 1995 labor productivity grew faster in Europe than in the United States. Since 1995 …, productivity growth in the EU-15 has slowed while that in the United States has accelerated. But Europe's productivity growth … between the EU and US going back to 1980. This paper is about the strong negative tradeoff between productivity and employment …