productivity and country-specific variables. In contrast to canonical export models where firm profits are additively separable …

. Sectors are populated by final-good producers who differ in productivity levels. Based on productivity and sectoral … different productivity levels choose different ownership structures and supplier locations, i.e., they choose different …

We examine productivity growth since World War II in the five leading research economies: West Germany, France, the … productivity, research, and patenting, we simulate the growth of the five countries, given initial productivity levels in 1950 and … the magnitude of the slowdown in German, French, and Japanese productivity growth and the relative constancy of U.K. and U …

leaders. We find strong evidence of technological diffusion but not full convergence; differences in total factor productivity … completely consistent with micro-economic studies, implying the absence of externalities in aggregate production …

revolution began, however, several decades passed before measured productivity growth increased. This delay is paradoxical from …

adopted – take time to be reflected in aggregate productivity statistics. Before mechanization, cotton spinning was performed … plant productivity distribution of new technology adopters in mechanized cotton spinning. We find that this distribution was … initially highly dispersed. Over the subsequent decades, mechanized spinning experienced dramatic productivity growth that was …