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 …

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 …

assess the empirical performance of Ricardo's ideas. We use novel agricultural data that describe the productivity in 17 … the productivity of each parcel of land in all crops, not just those that are currently being grown. This direct … information about relative productivity differences across economic activities allows us to compute, for the first time, the …

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 …

productivity gap" suggests that labor is greatly misallocated across sectors. In this paper, we draw on new micro evidence to ask …

. Farmers responded to the shrinking transportation wedge and rising revenue productivity by rapidly expanding the area under …