Economic analysts have used trends in total factor productivity (TFP) to evaluate the effectiveness with which … economies are utilizing advances in technology. However, this measure is problematic on several different dimensions. First, the … idea that it is possible to separate out the relative contribution to economic output of labor, capital, and technology …

(e.g. due to the introduction of emissions pricing) in terms of their output, product mix, and technology, and how their …

model, the state-wide total factor productivity growth (TFPG) indices of US commercial banks for each state for the 1971 …-1995 period. We observe that the productivity growth of commercial banks in state i depends strongly, positively, and … contemporaneously on the productivity growth of commercial banks located in state i's contiguous states. Further, regulatory space …

aggregate productivity growth. We focus our attention on foreign firms and small firms for three reasons. First, industrial …-digit level industries for the 1983-2001 period. We decompose productivity growth into its components (structural change … analysis by firm ownership and size allows us to understand the sources of productivity contributions by foreign firms and …

This paper estimates the impact of financial development on industry-level total factor productivity (TFP) growth using …

Productivity growth in Indian manufacturing is an important driver of overall growth, yet the issues related to its … measurement have still not been resolved. The issue of how to compute an aggregate productivity measure holds significance for two … reasons: one, the productivity of a firm should reflect the productivity of the lower levels, which comprise the aggregate …

We examine the relationships between productivity growth, IT investment and organisational change (∆O) using UK firm … effect on productivity growth, (c) non-IT investment and ∆O do not interact in their effect on productivity growth. Some new …

India's dramatic trade liberalization starting from 1991 on market efficiency and productivity growth using Indian … from the shrinking of market size experienced no change or falling total factor productivity (TFP) growth; whereas leather …