growth to augment existing income growth measures, under the assumption that measurement error in using observed light as an … indicator of income is uncorrelated with measurement error in national income accounts. For countries with good national income … official data. Lights data also allow for measurement of income growth in sub- and supranational regions. As an application, we …

Nighttime lights data are a measure of economic activity whose error is plausibly independent of the measurement errors … study of PPP-adjusted estimates of GDP around the world between 1992 and 2010. First, we find that while market exchange … optimal. Using data from the Penn World Tables, we find that, indeed, it is optimal to only use the latest price data, and …

, to economically and statistically significant declines in domestic output and productivity. Tariff increases also result …. The effects on output and productivity tend to be magnified when tariffs rise during expansions, for advanced economies …

We consider a tractable model of heterogeneous production units that features endogenous entry and productivity … standard factor misallocation framework, policy distortions featuring a positive productivity elasticity of distortions imply … larger reductions in output through smaller investments in establishment productivity. A calibrated version of the model …

technological environment during the pre-industrial era had generated only temporary gains in income per capita, eventually leading … productivity and the level of technological advancement the analysis demonstrates that, in accordance with the theory …, technological superiority and higher land productivity had significant positive effects on population density but insignificant …

per-capita income. Economic conditions also affect conflict dynamics, as higher per-capita income reduces the persistence …

effect of individualism on income per worker and total factor productivity as well as on innovation. The baseline genetic …