are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. This suggests that growth … different prior assumptions on expected model size. "--World Bank web site …

This is the background paper for the productivity extension of the World Bank's Long-Term Growth Model (LTGM). Based on … an extensive literature review, the paper identifies the main determinants of economic productivity as innovation … Penn World Table, and assesses the pattern of productivity growth across regions and income groups over the same sample …

This paper studies the cross-country patterns of risky innovation and growth through the lens of international trade …