at the micro level typically reduces total factor productivity at the macro level. Quantifying these effects is leading …

This paper develops a general theory of aggregation in inefficient economies. We provide non-parametric formulas for …

productivity growth. The two major methods used in measuring productivity growth -- index number and econometric estimation …, infrastructure capital, allocative distortions, nature of the market structure and technological advancement on productivity growth … estimate the contribution of different inputs to productivity growth are described and the evaluation of the production process …

such models in analyzing the production structure, the determinants of variable and quasi-fixed factors, and productivity … growth. The paper also discusses the traditional approach to productivity analysis based on the Divisia index number …

. To understand how these changing firm demographics have affected growth, we decompose productivity growth into the firms …

annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills' vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement … operating costs for 1979-1990. We find a significant negative relationship between pollution abatement costs and productivity … deviation increase in abatement costs is predicted to reduce productivity by 5.4 percent. Older plants appear to have lower …

, including the distribution of output and productivity across firms and the magnitude of entry and exit flows. It has been argued … market structure, more producer turnover, smaller within-industry productivity dispersion across producers, a smaller … percentage of plants operating at low productivity levels, and smaller productivity differentials between surviving and failing …

entry rates and increases in plant productivity. These results are not present for districts located on another major …

Aggregate productivity growth in the U.S. has slowed down since the 2000s. We quantify the importance of differential … productivity growth across occupations and across industries, and the rise of computers since the 1980s, for the productivity … productivity growth, reducing their contributions toward aggregate productivity growth, resulting in its slowdown. We find that …