We investigate the role of industrial structure in labor productivity growth in U.S. cities between 1880 and 1930 using … faster productivity growth but that diversity only had positive effects on productivity performance in large cities. We … estimate that this resulted in significant gains in labor productivity. …

The paper reviews theory and evidence on the ways in which regulation affects productivity outcomes. In a context of … regulation on productivity which occur through changes in incentives to invest and to innovate. Recent attempts to measure cross …