success from firm surveys along with the usual Ramp;D expenditures and productivity measures. We then apply the model to data … both process and product innovation. Both these kinds of innovation have a positive impact on firm's productivity …

attempt to raise their productivity to the level required to gain employment. Second, employers faced with an inability to …

productivity growth, while the older literature focused on average productivity improvements ("learning"). We use comprehensive … role in aggregate productivity gains immediately following the start of India's trade reforms in 1991. However, aggregate … productivity gains during the overall 20-year period from 1985 to 2004 were driven largely by improvements in average productivity …

) definition of aggregate productivity growth, which aggregates plant-level changes to changes in aggregate final demand in the … technologies, one for each 4-digit SIC code. On average we find positive aggregate productivity growth of 2.2% in this sector … for both the theoretical literature on growth and alternative indexes of aggregate productivity growth based only on …

technologies, leading to higher productivity. We propose a model of endogenous selection and innovation in heterogeneous firms that …

, 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 …

productivity (TFP). In our framework, the correlation between firm size and borrowing costs has no bearing on TFP losses under the …

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