productivity-related: if the virus forces firms to shed labor beyond a certain threshold, productivity suffers. The second … collateral. Expected productivity determines collateral value; in turn, collateral value can limit borrowing and productivity. As … borrowing and low employment and productivity. The model helps identify policies to fight the effects of the pandemic …

, the hypothesis that input quality and plant productivity are complementary in generating output quality. We embed this …

This paper aims to examine the productivity change of the Japanese economy using the data pertaining to the 47 … prefectures during the period 1981-2000. The decomposition analysis of the Hicks-Moorsteen-Bjurek productivity index is conducted … to explore the sources of the productivity change. In summary, technical change and efficiency change are two of the most …

and capital are important for explaining procyclical productivity. Here I present two simple and direct tests of these …

We examine the productivity of public infrastructure in a general equilibrium context. In our model, infrastructure … monopoly power influences public capital's productivity effect. We test the model using state-level panel data. We confirm the … potentially important indirect channels by which public capital affects manufacturing productivity …

This paper presents the results of a study of the determinants of research productivity in the pharmaceutical industry … spillovers between firms may playa major role in increasing research productivity. The paper also speaks directly to the question …

measured total factor productivity. Over longer horizons. on the other hand, it is the activity level of suppliers that is more …

This paper seeks to explain the U-shaped relationship between farm productivity and farm scale - the initial fall in … productivity as farm size increases from its lowest levels and the continuous upward trajectory as scale increases after a …