In "new" new international trade theory, whether firms export or not are determined by their productivity. These models … assume that firms enter a market to find their productivity levels revealed to them as in a lottery. In this paper we propose … with a real option value. We show that endogenizing the export decision is consistent with patterns of productivity and …

Notion almost unknown before 1950, labor productivity is now commonly used by economists, engineers, sociologists and … productivity is the driving variable that generates economic progress, it is justified that people need to increase their efforts … regarding landmarks in the evolution of labor productivity. Arguments justifying such an approach have been given by the fact …

Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given … inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of … productivity for the advancement of various aspects of social progress and in terms of understanding the feedback mechanisms …

which causes fixed-term contracts to be the main workforce adjustment device. It also leads to a productivity gap, due to … market we develop a matching model with temporary and permanent employees where these gaps play a central role. This model is …